How psychology can help limit climate change.

American Psychologist, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 76(1), С. 130 - 144

Опубликована: Март 23, 2020

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has encouraged psychologists to become part of the integrated scientific effort support achievement climate change targets such as keeping within 1.5C or 2C global warming.To date, typical psychological approach been demonstrate that specific concepts and theories can predict behaviors contribute mitigate change.Psychologists need go further, in particular show integrating into feasible interventions reduce greenhouse gas emissions far more than would be achieved without integration.While critiquing some aspects current approaches, we describe research is pointing way by distinguishing different types behavior, acknowledging sociocultural context, collaborating with other disciplines.Engaging this challenge offers new opportunities for promoting mitigation, advancing understanding, developing better interdisciplinary interactions.

Язык: Английский

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Eco-Anxiety and Environmental Education

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 12(23), С. 10149 - 10149

Опубликована: Дек. 4, 2020

Anxiety and distress about the ecological crisis seems to be a rapidly growing phenomenon. This article analyzes challenges possibilities posed by such “eco-anxiety” for environmental education. Variations of eco-anxiety are analyzed, it is argued that educators should aware multiple forms phenomenon has. Eco-anxiety found closely connected with many difficult emotions, as grief, guilt, anger, despair. However, anxiety also has an adaptive dimension, which can called “practical anxiety”. expectation, motivation, hopes. Previous research emotions in various disciplines discussed, related studies from fields education brought together. Based on this extensive literature review, theoretical analyses made, using philosophical method. It need organizational peer support both relation their own order develop emotional skills work. Educators first practice self-reflection eco-anxiety, after they have help audiences resilience. Potential practical activities drawing These include validation providing safe spaces discuss them, and, if possible, embodied creative more fully deliberate them.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer

Current Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 42(20), С. 16708 - 16721

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Wildfires on Mental Health: A Scoping Review

Behavioral Sciences, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 11(9), С. 126 - 126

Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2021

One of the many consequences climate change is an increase in frequency, severity, and, thus, impact wildfires across globe. The destruction and loss one’s home, belongings, surrounding community, threat to personal safety loved ones can have significant on survivors’ mental health, which persist for years after. objective this scoping review was identify primary studies examining health summarize findings PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance use. Literature searches Pubmed Embase were conducted February April 2021, respectively, with no date restrictions. A total 254 found two database searches, 60 meeting inclusion criteria. Three other identified included based relevant in-text citations during data abstraction. results show increased rate generalized anxiety at several times follow-up post-wildfire, from subacute phase, An disorders post-wildfire has been both adult pediatric population, a number associated risk factors, most being characteristics wildfire trauma itself. Several new terms arisen literature secondary awareness understanding natural disasters including ecological grief, solastalgia, eco-anxiety. There are patient factors systemic changes that contribute resilience recovery.

Язык: Английский

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Materials, fuels, upgrading, economy, and life cycle assessment of the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 21(3), С. 1419 - 1476

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2023

Abstract Climate change issues are calling for advanced methods to produce materials and fuels in a carbon–neutral circular way. For instance, biomass pyrolysis has been intensely investigated during the last years. Here we review of algal lignocellulosic with focus on products mechanisms, oil upgrading, combining anaerobic digestion, economy, life cycle assessment. Products include oil, gas, biochar. Upgrading techniques comprise hot vapor filtration, solvent addition, emulsification, esterification transesterification, hydrotreatment, steam reforming, use supercritical fluids. We examined economic viability terms profitability, internal rate return, return investment, carbon removal service, product pricing, net present value. also reviewed 20 recent studies found that method highly influenced yield, ranging from 9.07 40.59% 10.1 41.25% biochar, 11.93 28.16% syngas. Feedstock type, pyrolytic temperature, heating rate, reaction retention time were main factors controlling distribution products. Pyrolysis mechanisms bond breaking, cracking, polymerization re-polymerization, fragmentation. Biochar residual forestry could sequester 2.74 tons dioxide equivalent per ton biochar when applied soil thus potential remove 0.2–2.75 gigatons atmospheric annually. The generation bio-oil process is estimated be economically feasible.

Язык: Английский

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Anxiety disorders, climate change, and the challenges ahead: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 76, С. 102313 - 102313

Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2020

Язык: Английский

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The clinical implications of climate change for mental health

Nature Human Behaviour, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 6(11), С. 1474 - 1481

Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Understanding the connections between climate change, air pollution, and human health in Africa: Insights from a literature review

Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part C, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 41(3-4), С. 77 - 120

Опубликована: Окт. 2, 2023

Climate change and air pollution are two interconnected global challenges that have profound impacts on human health. In Africa, a continent known for its rich biodiversity diverse ecosystems, the adverse effects of climate particularly concerning. This review study examines implications health well-being in Africa. It explores intersection these factors their impact various outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorders, mental health, vulnerable populations such as children elderly. The highlights disproportionate groups emphasizes need targeted interventions policies to protect Furthermore, it discusses role exacerbating potential long-term consequences public also addresses importance considering temperature precipitation changes modifiers pollution. By synthesizing existing research, this aims shed light complex relationships highlight key findings, knowledge gaps, solutions mitigating region. insights gained from can inform evidence-based mitigate promote sustainable development

Язык: Английский

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Climate Anxiety: A Research Agenda Inspired by Emotion Research

Emotion Review, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(4), С. 258 - 262

Опубликована: Авг. 8, 2023

Climate anxiety refers to persistent, difficult-to-control apprehensiveness and worry about climate change. Research better understand the prevalence, indicators, causes, consequences of is needed, which emotion researchers can make substantial contributions. First, theory inform an integrative functional anxiety, mapping interactions between its cognitive, emotional, behavioural, physiological indicators. Second, appraisal theories help reasons why people experience anxiety. Third, contribute theorizing when motivates action, accounting for non-linearity, with other emotions cognitions, temporal dynamics. Fourth, developing strategies cope example, by building on regulation theory.

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change and Aging Health in Developing Countries

Global Challenges, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7(8)

Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2023

Abstract The climate of the Earth has changed throughout history. Climate change negatively impacts human rights in a wide range ways. study aims to find out impact on aging health developing countries. found that public will be devastated if continues unabated. Countries are least responsible for global warming most susceptible effects higher temperatures, such as death and disease. In low‐ middle‐income countries, disasters more likely happen people aged 60 over. Although affects all us, older especially at risk from it, evidenced by growing body research. also offers countermeasures suggestions develop countries affected change.

Язык: Английский

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