Social Cost of Climate Change

What does climate change cost beyond the physical infrastructure, income and livelihoods?

This analysis examines the often overlooked dimension of climate impact in its social and cultural cost. While policy frameworks tend to measure resilience in economic recovery and physical reconstruction, they do not largely account for the loss of identity, memory and belonging that accompanies environmental change.

We look at how climate stress, whether through flooding in the Niger delta or desertification in the North, disrupts ecosystems and social systems. Livelihoods tied to land and water disappear, ancestral sites are destroyed and intergenerational knowledge weakens as communities are forced to adapt, or worse, displaced.