This chapter discusses the need for robust psychologies in the context of the devastating global health impacts of climate breakdown, with particular focus on the psychological impacts. It describes temperature effects (suicide and other deaths, especially in the vulnerable), the traumatic impacts of repeated and one-off climate change related weather events, and the many varieties of eco-distress. It reflects on the profound and complex psychologies associated with inaction, avoidance and a clinging to ‘business as usual’ in high- and middle-income countries.
The Mental Health and Emotional Impacts of Climate Breakdown: Insights from Climate Psychology
2024
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This chapter discusses the need for robust psychologies in the context of the devastating global health impacts of climate breakdown, with particular focus on the psychological impacts. It describes temperature effects (suicide and other deaths, especially in the vulnerable), the traumatic impacts of repeated and one-off climate change related weather events, and the many varieties of eco-distress. It reflects on the profound and complex psychologies associated with inaction, avoidance and a clinging to ‘business as usual’ in high- and middle-income countries.
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