How to quantify and measure loss and damage associated with displacement?

This brief was written by members of the ”Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility” and the “Loss and Damage and Challenges of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group”. It is the outcome of a discussion that covered policy-relevant topics on quantifying and measuring loss and damage associated with displacement with the objective of fostering thematic understanding and elaborate technical contributions to relevant discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) including but not limited to, the Loss and Damage Fund, Santiago Network for Loss and Damage and the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. The discussion was followed by a consultative process that built on the inputs of the panelists. Inputs come from group of experts from civil society organizations, research institutions and international organizations.

The report identifies key messages relating to:

• Methodological issues with the quantification of economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with displacement
• Initiatives to quantify and measure economic and non-economic losses and damages associated with displacement
• Key dimensions that need to be assessed when considered economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with displacement
• Knowledge gaps and possible ways forward
• Options to make relevant data collection and analysis efforts more comprehensive, systematic and comparable across countries.