Young People Anxious About Climate Change
Supporting Your Young Person Experiencing Anxiety About Climate Change: '‘Climate anxiety’ and ‘eco-anxiety’ are terms being used to describe feelings of helplessness, stress, worry and frustration about the effects of climate change.' (headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation) >
Addressing Climate Change Anxiety
Understanding and Addressing Climate Change Anxiety. '86% of Australians express some level of concern about climate change'. 'For people most affected by climate change and extreme weather events, the resulting distress can impair their ability to perform daily tasks. This can result in climate change anxiety.' (Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne) >
Getting Through Extreme Climate Events
Getting through bushfires, drought and extreme climate events. A self-help resource to help families dealing with bushfires, drought and extreme climate events. (Lifeline Tool Kit) >
Coping with Climate Change Distress
The reality of climate change is actually very frightening. We are already in times of dangerous climate change, with worse forecast if we continue with business as usual, pouring excess greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. (The Australian Psychological Society) >
How to Survive in an Ever-Warming World
'The challenges posed by manmade heat cannot be tackled by technology and design alone, argue Antonella Mazzone & Radhika Khosla.' (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) >
How to Keep Cool in a Blackout During a Heatwave
'What works best when there is no air-conditioning - it's an issue faced increasingly by residents of densely populated cities.' (University of Sydney, Sydney) >
Climate Despair
Mobilising hope to overcome climate despair. (British Medical Journal, London) >
Mental health: Climate Cares
'Climate Cares is a team of researchers, designers, policy-makers and educators aiming to understand and support mental health in the current climate and ecological crises. Our vision is for individuals, communities and healthcare systems to have the knowledge, tools, and resources to become resilient to the mental health impacts of climate change.' "Climate change is an underappreciated mental health emergency. This is a technical, social, and emotional issue." (Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London) >
Heat-related Mortality in Europe 2022
'Globally, the last 8 years have been the warmest on record, and 2022 was the fifth warmest year. In this context, Europe emerges as a major climatic hotspot, given that warming since preindustrial levels is almost 1?°C higher than the corresponding global increase, and higher than in any other continent6. Moreover, climate change projections for the continent indicate that temperatures, and their health impacts, will rise at an accelerated rate unless strong mitigation and adaptation actions are put in place.' (Nature Medicine journal) >
Consequences of Climate-Related Disasters
Health and housing consequences of climate-related disasters. 'Understanding the role of how people are housed in reducing the long-term health and housing effects of climate-related disasters is crucial given our changing climate. We examine long-term health and housing trajectories and health effects of climate-related disasters in relation to housing vulnerabilities over a decade.' (The Lancet Planetary Health journal, London) >