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Towards a framework for loss and damage programming: insights from Malawi.

Isaac Tchuwa¹, Vincent Katonda¹, Steven Gondwe²

¹Department of Climate Sciences, Ndata School of Climate and Earth Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi.

|March 17, 2026

Summary

Malawi

Keywords:

climate risk governance community participation equitable financial mechanisms loss and damage framework non‐economic loss and damage

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Data Acquisition Protocol for Determining Embedded Sensitivity Functions

Data Acquisition Protocol for Determining Embedded Sensitivity Functions

Published on: April 20, 2016

Area of Science:

Climate science and disaster risk management.
Environmental governance and adaptation studies.
Socio-economic impacts of climate change.

Background:

Climate-induced extremes in Malawi highlight governance deficits in loss and damage (L&D).
Non-economic losses are often excluded from conventional post-disaster assessments.
Effective L&D governance requires comprehensive accounting of diverse loss types.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and test an operational framework for Loss and Damage (L&D) programming.
To integrate economic and non-economic losses into L&D governance.
To link evidence of loss to appropriate financial and policy instruments.

Main Methods:

Household loss inventories and participatory mapping in Nsanje and Zomba districts.
Geospatial analysis of hazard footprints and community consultations.
Development of a theme-by-site matrix for organizing and coding community-reported losses.

Main Results:

Systematic undervaluation of non-economic losses identified.
Spatially clustered and severe burdens of loss and damage observed.
Identified finance needs significantly exceed current pilot initiative capacities.

Conclusions:

The developed framework provides a transferable model for equitable L&D governance.
Addressing non-economic losses is crucial for effective climate adaptation.
Enhanced L&D governance is essential for climate-vulnerable nations.