# Knowledge base

- [Theory of Basic Values](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values.md): Summary of Schwartz Theory of Basic Values
- [Openness to change](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/openness-to-change.md): independent action, thought and feeling, and readiness for new experience
- [Self Direction](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/openness-to-change/self-direction.md): Freedom to cultivate one’s own ideas or determine one’s own actions
- [Stimulation](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/openness-to-change/stimulation.md): Excitement, novelty, and change
- [Hedonism](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/openness-to-change/hedonism.md): Pleasure or sensuous gratification
- [Self-enhancement](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-enhancement.md): Pursuit of self-interests
- [Achievement](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-enhancement/achievement.md): Success according to social standards
- [Power](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-enhancement/power.md): Control over people or over resources
- [Self-transcendence](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-transcendence.md): Welfare and interest to others
- [Benevolence](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-transcendence/benevolence.md): Promoting the welfare of one’s in-groups by being trustworthy and reliable or  devoted to the needs of the in-group
- [Universalism](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/self-transcendence/universalism.md): Appreciation and protection for the welfare of all people or preservation of the natural environment. Acceptance and understanding of those who differ from oneself
- [Conservation](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation.md): self restriction, order and resistance to change
- [Conformity](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/conformity.md): Compliance with rules, laws and formal obligations. Avoidance violating formal informal social expectations. Avoidance of upsetting or harming others
- [Tradition](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/tradition.md): Maintaining and preserving cultural, family and/or religious traditions
- [Security](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/security.md): Safety, stability and order (security) of self and one’s immediate environment or in the wider society
- [Local impacts](/knowledge-base/local-impacts.md)
- [Mitigation actions](/knowledge-base/mitigation-actions.md)
- [Climate change effects](/knowledge-base/climate-change-effects.md)
- [Adaptation actions](/knowledge-base/adaptation-actions.md)