Four-Order Impact of Climate Change

Infographic illustrating the ‘Four-Order Impact of Climate Change’. Check out to explore how climate change has a multi-order impact across dimensions.

Visual/Image Description [Alt Text]: On a light lavender background, there are the following texts: “Four-Order Impact of Climate Change” (heading) and “Climate change has a multi-order impact across dimensions, and the following only indicates an illustration of the same” (sub-heading). In the centre are the graphic elements depicting the following content: I. First Order [Immediate]: Physical and mental health deterioration (including climate and accessibility anxiety); II. Second Order [Short Term]: Capability deprivation and loss of livelihood and employment (Reduced Productivity); III. Third Order [Medium Term]: Cost of Living and Quality of Life Crisis, Hunger, Malnutrition, Insecurity and Poverty; and IV. Fourth Order [Long Term]: Disability-adjusted Life Years [DALYs] and Affected Mortality and Life Expectancy. Below that are the following texts: “Climate change has a domino effect disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities with such negative externalities, despite them contributing least to the climate change and being at the forefront of climate change impacts, are subject to exclusionary and eco-ableist climate action responses.” and “Source: Baseline Report on the ‘Impact of Climate Change on Persons with Disabilities’ By Adv. Abhishek Kumar (bottom).” At the centre-top are the logos of The Sangyan and the ‘Build Forward Better’ Campaign along with their respective QR codes and hashtags: #BuildForwardBetter and #UnitedInAction.

I. First Order [Immediate]: Physical and mental health deterioration (including climate and accessibility anxiety).

II. Second Order [Short Term]: Capability deprivation and loss of livelihood and employment (Reduced Productivity).

III. Third Order [Medium Term]: Cost of Living and Quality of Life Crisis, Hunger, Malnutrition, Insecurity and Poverty.

IV. Fourth Order [Long Term]: Disability-adjusted Life Years [DALYs] and Affected Mortality and Life Expectancy.

Climate change has a domino effect disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities with such negative externalities, despite them contributing least to the climate change and being at the forefront of climate change impacts, and they are subject to exclusionary and eco-ableist climate action responses.

Source —

Baseline Report on the ‘Impact of Climate Change on Persons with Disabilities’ By Adv. Abhishek Kumar, Javed-Abidi Fellow on Disability (2021–2024).

Visual/Image Description [Alt Text] —

On a light lavender background, there are the following texts: “Four-Order Impact of Climate Change” (heading) and “Climate change has a multi-order impact across dimensions, and the following only indicates an illustration of the same” (sub-heading). In the centre are the graphic elements depicting the following content: I. First Order [Immediate]: Physical and mental health deterioration (including climate and accessibility anxiety); II. Second Order [Short Term]: Capability deprivation and loss of livelihood and employment (Reduced Productivity); III. Third Order [Medium Term]: Cost of Living and Quality of Life Crisis, Hunger, Malnutrition, Insecurity and Poverty; and IV. Fourth Order [Long Term]: Disability-adjusted Life Years [DALYs] and Affected Mortality and Life Expectancy.

Below that are the following texts: “Climate change has a domino effect disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities with such negative externalities, despite them contributing least to the climate change and being at the forefront of climate change impacts, are subject to exclusionary and eco-ableist climate action responses.” and “Source: Baseline Report on the ‘Impact of Climate Change on Persons with Disabilities’ By Adv. Abhishek Kumar (bottom).” At the centre-top are the logos of The Sangyan and the ‘Build Forward Better’ Campaign along with their respective QR codes and hashtags: #BuildForwardBetter and #UnitedInAction.

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Authored by —

Adv. Abhishek Kumar, NCPEDP — Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability (2021–2024).