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Climate change affects multiple dimensions of well-being through impacts, information and policy responses

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  • W. Neil Adger

    (University of Exeter)

  • Jon Barnett

    (University of Melbourne)

  • Stacey Heath

    (Open University)

  • Sergio Jarillo

    (University of Melbourne)

Abstract

The consequences of climate change and responses to climate change interact with multiple dimensions of human well-being in ways that are emerging or invisible to decision makers. We examine how elements of well-being—health, safety, place, self and belonging—are at risk from climate change. We propose that the material impacts of a changing climate, discourses and information on future and present climate risks, and policy responses to climate change affect all these elements of well-being. We review evidence on the scale and scope of these climate change consequences for well-being and propose policy and research priorities that are oriented towards supporting well-being though a changing climate.

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  • W. Neil Adger & Jon Barnett & Stacey Heath & Sergio Jarillo, 2022. "Climate change affects multiple dimensions of well-being through impacts, information and policy responses," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 6(11), pages 1465-1473, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:6:y:2022:i:11:d:10.1038_s41562-022-01467-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01467-8
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    1. Daniel Puig & Neil W. Adger & Jon Barnett & Lisa Vanhala & Emily Boyd, 2025. "Improving the effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 178(1), pages 1-15, January.
    2. Schirpke, Uta & Ebner, Manuel & Tappeiner, Ulrike, 2024. "Effects of climate-related environmental changes on non-material benefits from human-nature interactions: A literature review," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).

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