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

W. Neil Adger (), Jon Barnett, Stacey Heath and Sergio Jarillo
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W. Neil Adger: University of Exeter
Jon Barnett: University of Melbourne
Stacey Heath: Open University
Sergio Jarillo: University of Melbourne

Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, vol. 6, issue 11, 1465-1473

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01467-8

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