Power, Negotiation, The COPs - And Loss And Damage

UCL Uncovering Politics · Nov 20, 2025 · 46m

Climate change is exerting increasingly profound effects on societies across the globe.

Policy responses are often described as resting on three pillars. The first involves addressing the causes of climate change by reducing carbon emissions and improving carbon capture. Experts tend to refer to this as mitigation. The second concerns adapting to the climate impacts that are already unavoidable in order to reduce the harm they cause, for example by raising sea walls or improving the heat resilience of homes. This is known as adaptation. The third pillar deals with the harms that nevertheless…