Research and resources, shaped by those doing the work

The items on this list address the practice of psychotherapy and counselling in relation to the climate and ecological crisis - clinical approaches, therapist training, professional responsibility, and therapists' experiences. They are not freely accessible online - most require a library subscription, institutional access, or purchase.

Support teachers. Face what's coming. Act together. Campaign hosted by the Climate Majority Project, supported by CPA members, building a coalition of climate scientists, mental health professionals, youth leaders and educators to support emotionally attuned, whole-school climate education.

ABSTRACT: The objective is to analyze how climate change impacts affect rural poverty dimensions of residents of communities in the backlands of the Northeast and South of Brazil. This study has a qualitative design. Seven focus groups were conducted with 79 participants from impoverished rural communities in the Northeast and South of Brazil. The research participants simultaneously experience various levels of deprivation in the form of multiple shortcomings, such as food deprivation, improper housing and the lack of leisure areas. Also, a series of deficiencies linked to climate change is identified, such as the loss of production and the feeling of insecurity for the future.

The Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA) has developed an intimate interweaving of the three strands of the political, the psychology of unconscious process and the science of climate change to understand our culture’s responsibility for and capacity to respond to planetary catastrophe. In this article I want to re-imagine what might prevent us sinking into a helpless despair as our world falls apart.

Summary: This paper reviews existing evidence on the health and wellbeing impacts of climate change in South Africa, covering a wide range of direct and indirect pathways, including heat-related illness, changing patterns of infectious disease, food and water insecurity, and the mental health consequences of drought, flooding and displacement. The authors highlight South Africa's particular vulnerability given existing socioeconomic inequality, informal settlement housing conditions, and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, arguing that climate change is likely to exacerbate existing health disparities rooted in the country's history. The potential impacts of climate change on mental health are considered as part of this broader review.

This quantitative study examines the effects of an individual resilience intervention delivered to Indigenous people in Taiwan following Typhoon Morakot (2009), which caused severe harm to Indigenous communities in the country's southern mountainous regions. The authors implemented a resilience intervention programme with 77 Indigenous participants residing in typhoon-affected areas of Kaohsiung, and measured individual resilience scores before and after the intervention. The study found that participants had significantly higher resilience scores after completing the programme compared with before, suggesting that targeted psychosocial intervention can support recovery and resilience-building among Indigenous communities following climate-related disaster events.