Human Dimensions of Climate Change

While the Tibetan plateau has received significant attention from the global climate science community due to its importance in the global climate, little attention is being paid on the social context of the Tibetan Plateau. Indigenous communities are usually considered remote and often labelled as the innocent victims of the global environmental crisis. However, the victim label risks the danger of depriving local’s agency on self-determination, overlooking their resilience and the potential for collaborative work. As the goal of climate science is to provide an informed basis for social action and policy making, it becomes self-evident that we need to have a detailed case study on the local experience with their intimate environment. Moreover, this research will seek to find new ways of conceiving and engaging the present on the Tibetan Plateau.