Values and beliefs (Q1139)

Subject, term, tag: Values and beliefs

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English	Values and beliefs	Subject, term, tag: Values and beliefs

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group II: Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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Definition

Fundamental attitudes about what is important, good, and right; strongly held principles or qualities intrinsically valuable or desirable, often enshrined in laws, traditions, and religions. Examples include human rights, subsistence, and equitable distribution of costs and benefits of climate policies (Hulme, 2009, 2018; Nakashima et al., 2012; UNFCCC, 1992; UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948). (English)