AUTHOR=Lu Fami , Sohail Muhammad Tayyab TITLE=Exploring the Effects of Natural Capital Depletion and Natural Disasters on Happiness and Human Wellbeing: A Study in China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.870623 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.870623 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=Since recent climate change has caused more natural disasters than ever before, there is a worldwide concern that this could have both short-term and long-term economic and health consequences. Perhaps, this is the first attempt to explores the effects of natural capital and natural disasters on the human health & wellbeing of China over the period 1993–2020. The study has compiled data from World Bank, World Value Survey, UNDP, EM-DAT, and IMF for analysis. The empirical analysis is done by using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. Empirical results prove that natural capital has a positive and significant effect on happiness, health, and human wellbeing in the long-run. The results also show that natural disasters significantly reduce happiness and human well-being in the long-run. The results recommend some important policy implications.