Tracking losses and damages from slow onset events

This Issue Brief explores the challenges associated with slow-onset events (SOEs) induced by climate change, and the prospects to advance methodologies and approaches for comprehending their impact. By evaluating the current landscape, appraising associated challenges and exploring potential opportunities, it examines the viability of adapting existing methodologies for assessing losses and damages resulting from SOEs and processes.

The Brief explores opportunities to utilize the enhanced disaster losses and damages tracking system being developed by UNDRR, UNDP and WMO for strengthening, over time, the understanding of the adverse impact of SOEs, to enable responses. Recognizing the issues and opportunities require further exploration, the Brief identifies a way forward through existing and new partnerships, and captures how UNDRR plans to leverage opportunities and partnership to develop a more systemic framework for assessing losses and damages from SOEs.