Outputs
Published research
Synthesis and evidence generation
- The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications, International Review of Psychiatry
- The role of mental health professionals in the climate crisis: an urgent call to action, International Review of Psychiatry
- Ambient temperature and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis, The Lancet Planetary Health
- Planning for the perfect storm: perceptions of UK mental health professionals on the increasing impacts of climate change on their service users, The Journal of Climate Change and Health
- Healthy environments: Understanding perceptions of underrepresented communities in the United Kingdom, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Current understanding of the impact of climate change on mental health within UK parliament, Frontiers in Public Health
Young people
- Exploratory empirical model of combined effects of COVID-19 and climate change on youth mental health, Nature Mental Health
- Integrating mental health into climate change education to inspire climate action while safeguarding mental health, Frontiers in Psychology
- Psycho-social factors associated with climate distress, hope and behavioural intentions in young UK residents', PLOS Global Public Health
- “Not about us without us” – the feelings and hopes of climate-concerned young people around the world, International Review of Psychiatry
- Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in Youth: Design and Implementation of the International Changing Worlds Study, Challenges
- Psychological responses, mental health, and sense of agency for the dual challenges of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic in young people in the UK: an online survey study, The Lancet Planetary Health
Recommendations and commentaries
- The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change, Nature news feature
- What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?, Nature editorial
- Climate mental health - making connections, Nature Mental Health
- Connecting Climate Minds: a shared vision for the climate change and mental health field, Nature Mental Health
- Developing global recommendations for action on climate change and mental health across sectors: A Delphi-style study, the Journal of Climate Change and Health
- Reflections of mental health professionals on working with and in the climate crisis, International review of Psychiatry
- Why COP28 must be a health COP, BMJ
Briefing papers
Blog posts
- Making connections for climate change and mental health: Connecting Climate Minds Global Event recap
- Climate Change and Mental Health: Insights from Connecting Climate Minds’ First Regional Dialogues
- What can we learn from our feelings about Climate Change
- The cost of caring: How to support wellbeing in climate careers
- Melting minds: how is the climate crisis affecting our mental health?
- Connecting climate feelings to climate action
Audio
Presentations
- Introducing the Climate Cares Centre, Dr Emma Lawrance
- Climate Cares guided journal
- COP26: Climate Cares event summary
- COP27 WHO event (Video, 4:52:42)
- COP28 Health Pavilion event, 8 December 2023, by the Climate Cares Centre and the United Nations University, “Connecting psychological resilience and mental health to climate action: Insights and hopes of young people"
Websites
Video
How does climate change affect our mental health?
Climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health.
Climate Cares Centre
Our short video on the vision for the Climate Cares Centre
Why inaction on climate change is bad for our mental health
Why Inaction on climate change is bad for our mental health
Connecting Climate Minds: Lived Experience Insights
People around the world share their lived experiences of the mental health impacts of climate change
Launch event recording for Climate Cares Centre
Join us for the launch of the new Climate Cares Centre.
How does climate change make you feel?
How does climate change make you feel?
What future change do you hope to see?
What future change do you hope to see?
Introducing the Climate Cares Centre
Dr Emma Lawrance shares the vision for the Climate Cares Centre
Panel Discussion | Climate Cares Centre launch
Professor David Nabarro chairs a discussion on mental health in the climate crisis