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Table8.1 NELDimpacts reported in the literature
UNFCCC(2013)/Fankhauser
andDietz2014 (Table2) MorrisseyandOliver-Smith
(2013) (Fig.1) Andrei et al. (2015)
Lossof life Lossof life
Health Adversehealth impacts Physical andpsychological
well-being
Humanmobility (Dignity;
Security;Agency)
Territory (Sovereignty;Sense
ofplace) Territoryabandonment
Culturalheritage
(Social cohesion, Identity)
Indigenousknowledge (Social
cohesion, Identity) Declineof indigenous
knowledge
Biodiversity Biodiversity loss Biodiversity/species
Ecosystemservices Ecosystemservices
Destructionofcultural sites
Lossofculturally important
landscapes
Habitatdestruction
Lossof identityandability to
solveproblemscollectively
Lossofknowledge/waysof
thinking that arepartof lost
livelihoodsystems
Social cohesion,peacefully
functioningsociety
Education
Traditions/religion/customs
Socialbonds/relations
NoteTerms in parentheses refer to terms listed as descriptions inUNFCCC2013 rather than as
losses themselves.SourceAdapted fromSerdecznyet al. (2016b)
8.3.1 Context-Dependence
Mostnon-economicvaluesaretheresultofspecifichuman-environmentinteractions.
This renders themhighly context-dependent. For example, the loss of biodiversity
will be experienced differently by a community whose culture is built around a
particularnaturalecosystemthanbyacommunity thatdoesnotrelate to thisecosys-
tem.Kirsch (2001) in his analysis of the legal struggle for compensation for “cul-
ture loss” sufferedbyMarshall Islanders followingnuclearweapons testingby the
UnitedStates,reportsthespecificvaluethat landholdsindifferentcontexts.Quoting
Loss and Damage from Climate Change
Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Title
- Loss and Damage from Climate Change
- Subtitle
- Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Authors
- Reinhard Mechler
- Laurens M. Bouwer
- Thomas Schinko
- Swenja Surminski
- JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-72026-5
- Size
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 580
- Keywords
- Environment, Climate change, Environmental law, Environmental policy, Risk management
- Categories
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima