New Publication Alert: "Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well-being - Evidence from 14 nature-dependent communities"
- Indigenous Science team
- Dec 30, 2025
- 1 min read
From the Plain Language Summary: "Our findings show that climate change affects well-being in ways that go beyond individual perception. They show that the impacts occur through multiple dimensions and that local context—such as the characteristics of a community and how dependent it is on the environment—is crucial in shaping how people experience climate change. Understanding these relationships can help guide policies and interventions to better support communities facing environmental changes, highlighting that one-size-fits-all solutions may not work."
This work is part of the LICCI Consortium, where Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Indigenous Science founder, contributed during the research.
Citation: Reyes-García, V., Attoh, E. M. N. A. N., Barrington-Leigh, C., Benyei, P., Calvet-Mir, L., Chakauya, R., Al Faisal, A., Galbraith, E. D., Glauser, M., Izquierdo, A. E., Junqueira, A. B., Li, X., López-Maldonado, Y., Miñarro, S., Porcher, V., Porcuna-Ferrer, A., Schlingmann, A., Singh, P., Torrents-Ticó, M., & LICCI Consortium. “Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well-being – Evidence from 14 nature-dependent communities”. People and Nature, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.70230
Plain Language Summary: https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/12/11/plain-language-summary-climate-change-and-happiness-insights-from-14-nature-dependent-populations/
