United Nations University - EHS 29d ago

What does climate loss actually look like on the ground? Not only in reports, frameworks or policy discussions. But in forests, rivers and communities, where environmental change affects culture, identity, relationships and ways of life. In this In the Field story, UNU-EHS researcher Lisa Hartmann takes us to the Philippines to explore how climate change is affecting biodiversity, ecosystem services and people’s relationships with nature — including losses that cannot easily be counted or measured economically. This is more than a story about climate impacts or environmental research. It’s about: • How climate change affects biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being • What non-economic loss and damage means in practice • Why Indigenous knowledge, cultural values and relationships with nature matter • The role of local partnerships, language and trust in climate research • How lived experiences of loss can inform climate policy and global discussions on loss and damage Because not everything that matters can be reduced to a number. ▶️ Watch to follow Lisa into the field and explore how researchers, communities and local partners are working to better understand climate losses beyond economics. 🔗 Read the full story: https://unu.edu/ehs/news/field-lisa-hartmann-scoping-biodiversity-loss-and-impacts-people-philippines