Loss and Damage refers to the negative effects of climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation efforts.

In simpler terms, while mitigation addresses the causes of climate change (like reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation addresses minimizing its impacts (like building sea walls to prevent flooding), Loss and Damage is concerned with the unavoidable and irreversible impacts of climate change.

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