Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems
Reyes-Garcia, Victoria
ICREA
Garcia-del-Amo, David
Autonomous University of Barcelona
alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Benyei, Petra
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Calvet-Mir, Laura
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Junqueira, Andre B.
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Labeyrie, Vanesse
CIRAD
Li, Xiaoyue
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Minarro, Sara
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Porcher, Vincent
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Schlingmann, Anna
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Schunko, Christoph
BOKU University
Soleymani, Ramin
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Tofighi-Niaki, Adrien
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Abazeri, Mariam
University of Miami
Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N.
Wageningen University & Research
Ayanlade, Ayansina
Obafemi Awolowo University
Avila, Julia Vieira Da Cunha
Mamiraua Inst Sustainable Dev
Babai, Daniel
HUN-REN
Bulamah, Rodrigo C.
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP)
Campos-Silva, Joao
Inst Jurua
Carmona, Rosario
Ctr Integrated Disaster Risk Management CIGIDEN
Caviedes, Julian
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Chakauya, Rumbidzayi
University of South Africa
Chambon, Mouna
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Chen, Zhuo
University of Helsinki
Chengula, Fasco
University of Dar es Salaam
Conde, Esther
Universidad de Chile
Cuni-Sanchez, Aida
University of York - UK
Demichelis, Christophe
Universite de Toulouse
Dudina, Evgeniya
Dickinson College
Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Galappaththi, Eranga K.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Geffner-Fuenmayor, Claudia
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Gerkey, Drew
Oregon State University
Glauser, Marcos
CDID
Hirsch, Eric
Franklin & Marshall College
Huanca, Tomas
Universidad de Chile
Ibarra, Jose Tomas
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Izquierdo, Andrea E.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
Junsberg, Leneisja
Nordregio
Lanker, Marisa
University of Wisconsin System
Lopez-Maldonado, Yolanda
Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan
Mariel, Juliette
CIRAD
Mattalia, Giulia
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Miara, Mohamed D.
Universite Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret
Torrents-Tico, Miquel
University of Helsinki
Salimi, Maedeh
Ctr Sustainable Dev & Environm Cenesta
Samakov, Aibek
Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen
Seidler, Reinmar
University of Massachusetts System
Sharakhmatova, Victoria
University of Northern Iowa
Shrestha, Uttam Babu
Global Inst Interdisciplinary Studies
Sharma, Alpy
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - India
Singh, Priyatma
Univ Fiji
Ulambayar, Tungalag
National University of Mongolia
Wu, Rihan
Peking University
Zakari, Ibrahim S.
Abdou Moumouni University
Journal
Communications Earth and Environment
ISSN
2662-4435
Open Access
gold
Volume
5
The effects of climate change depend on specific local circumstances, posing a challenge for worldwide research to comprehensively encompass the diverse impacts on various local social-ecological systems. Here we use a place-specific but cross-culturally comparable protocol to document climate change indicators and impacts as locally experienced and analyze their distribution. We collected first-hand data in 48 sites inhabited by Indigenous Peoples and local communities and covering all climate zones and nature-dependent livelihoods. We documented 1,661 site-agreed reports of change corresponding to 369 indicators. Reports of change vary according to climate zone and livelihood activity. We provide compelling evidence that climate change impacts on Indigenous Peoples and local communities are ongoing, tangible, widespread, and affect multiple elements of their social-ecological systems. Beyond potentially informing contextualized adaptation plans, our results show that local reports could help identify economic and non-economic loss and damage related to climate change impacts suffered by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Indigenous Peoples and local communities across climate zones and nature dependent livelihoods experience climate change impacts that affect multiple parts of their socioeconomic system, suggests an analysis of 1,661 site-agreed climate change impact reports from 48 locations.
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