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Sharing benefits from genetic resources might be useful in applying equity to develop a framework for climate resilience society. The question is who will pay more for the resilience of society by giving more to achieve such a goal. Genetic resources have been considered as assets while they might give (and they have given) benefits for those researching them. Therefore, elements might be derived from the benefits of bringing the criteria for sharing equitably. As well, this carries the question of who will pay for what and how much will everyone pay for what. This is reflected in international law derived from international policies on climate change and resilience. Besides, it is possible to consider the effects of the loss of genetic resources from plants, animals, and microorganisms with climate resilience. The hypothesis of this contribution is that process of sharing equitably benefits from genetic resources gives criteria to face the burdens of communities confronting the adverse effects of climate change and provoking resilience. Results from the benefits of genetic resources might generate climate resilience among communities, risking the adverse effects of climate change because these gains might provoke better outcomes for communities and less advantageous people as a whole due to life preservation, in the whole sense of the word.
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Peña-Neira, S. (2021). Equitably Sharing Benefits Arising from Utilization of Genetic Resources: Lessons Learned for Climate Resilient Society, Today. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_101-1
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