Memorandum for the Petitioners | 90 dangers.”**” We thrive in holistic sense, not merely physically, when we live in a stable and healthy environment. 8.50. When super typhoon Haiyan hit and destroyed houses, schools, families, hospitals, and sources of water and food, it was not individually affecting the human rights to housing, education, health, water, and food. It was a combination and turmoil of all these effects (and many others) that made the experience of climate impacts, such as Haiyan, so devastating and so threatening to human dignity.3** As harrowingly recounted by one of the petitioners, Ms. Veronica Cabe— ... The floods have changed our lives. I felt like parts of our dignity was lost because we felt displaced. We felt displaced we didn't have our own space. We were forced to live with friends who were willing to share their homes with us. We were separated from each other. My nephews lived in another relative’s house. We relied on relief goods and donations for months. I recall every day Thad to queue in line and wait for hours, half a day every day, waiting for possible relief. We did not know if relief would come and then line up again for another day. And then relief goods were thrown at us, and I saw my neighbors struggling against each other just to get their share, It was chaotic that time. . . 28° (Emphasis supplied) 8.51. Human dignity transcends individual rights to also include the value of belonging, of being part of a community, which extends to future generations. The multi-faceted harms of climate change include the destruction of communities, of the sense of belonging, and of hope. The loss of the sense of belonging was clearly articulated by one of the community witnesses in New Sandy— York City, Ms. Candice Sering, who survived hurricane I would say I can’t quantify it in dollars. It’s more about emotional loss, loss for the community, and time spent on figuring out how to rebuild a very small community. And also loss of vital community members who were vested in Red Hook. So I can’t quantify it in dollars what it looks like when you talk about what does your lifestyle look like now. It’s very different to not have that sense of community, to not have new members of Red 387 See: On behalf of Pro Public and on his own behalf, Advocate Prakash Mani Sharma v. Godavari Marble Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Others, 068-WO-0082, available at https://elaw.org/system/files/English%20translation%200f%20Godavari%20Marble%20Case.pdf, p. 46 (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 388 Daly, E. supra note 379, p.157. 389 Cabe, V., supra note 2, pp. 110-111.