The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms

The Lancet, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 402(10419), С. 2346 - 2394

Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey

The Lancet Planetary Health, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 5(12), С. e863 - e873

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 84, С. 101887 - 101887

Опубликована: Окт. 6, 2022

This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that is positively related to rate exposure information about change impacts, amount attention people pay information, and perceived descriptive norms emotional responding change. Climate was also linked pro-environmental behaviours negatively mental wellbeing. Notably, had significant inverse association with wellbeing 31 out countries. In contrast, it behaviour 24 countries, environmental activism 12 findings highlight contextual boundaries engagement action as an antidote anxiety, broad international significance considering negative climate-related emotions plausible threat

Язык: Английский

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Toward a Taxonomy of Climate Emotions

Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 3

Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2022

There is a growing evidence that emotions shape people's reactions to the climate crisis in profound but complex ways. Climate are related resilience, action, and psychological well-being health. However, there currently lack of research about array various emotions. also need for more integration with general This article conducts preliminary exploration taxonomy emotions, based on literature reviews philosophical discussion. The term emotion used here broad sense, as common research. Because urgency previous research, this kind aimed be helpful both practical work future which would include systematic topic. Research items discuss at least five different empirical observations, major sources table them provided. discussed basis interdisciplinary considers many aspects phenomena anxiety grief.

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications

International Review of Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 34(5), С. 443 - 498

Опубликована: Июль 4, 2022

Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for human mental health and wellbeing. This paper summarises literature across relevant disciplines to provide a comprehensive narrative review multiple pathways through which interacts with Climate acts as risk amplifier by disrupting conditions known support good health, including socioeconomic, cultural environmental conditions, living working conditions. The disruptive influence rising temperatures extreme weather events, such experiencing heatwave or water insecurity, compounds existing stressors experienced individuals communities. has deleterious effects on people's is particularly acute those groups already disadvantaged within countries. Awareness experiences escalating threats inaction can generate understandable psychological distress; though strong emotional responses also motivate action. We highlight opportunities communities cope act change. Consideration interconnected impacts their determinants must inform evidence-based interventions. Appropriate action that centres justice reduce current future burden, while simultaneously improving nurture wellbeing equality. presented adds further weight need decisive decision makers all scales.

Язык: Английский

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Eco-anxiety: What it is and why it matters

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 13

Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2022

Researchers are increasingly trying to understand both the emotions that we experience in response ecological crises like climate change and ways which these might be valuable for our (psychical, psychological, moral) wellbeing. However, much of existing work on issues has been hampered by conceptual methodological difficulties. As a first step toward addressing challenges, this review focuses eco-anxiety. Analyzing broad range studies through use methods from philosophy, emotion theory, interdisciplinary environmental studies, authors show how looking anxiety general can help researchers build better models eco-anxiety particular. The results suggest label “eco-anxiety” may best understood as referring family distinct, but related, emotions. also find specific form eco-anxiety, “practical eco-anxiety,” deeply emotional threats change: when experienced at right time extent, practical not only reflects well one’s moral character advance individual planetary

Язык: Английский

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Climate Changes, Natural Resources Depletion, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Russian-Ukrainian War: What Is the Impact on Habits Change and Mental Health?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 19(19), С. 11929 - 11929

Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2022

Climate Change, Natural Resources Depletion, COVID-19, and Wars are some of the great challenges our time. The consequences will affect psychological well-being could have a harmful impact on mental health. This study aimed to assess level preoccupation fears surrounding issues 21st-century implication for general population from Central/Southern Italy among different age groups. A questionnaire that included sociodemographic characteristics, topics formulated ad-hoc about preoccupation, fears, habits, willingness change habits in future related challenges, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21 (DASS-21) was administered online. sample 1831 participants (61% F; mean 47.71 ± 17.30) obtained. Results showed young adults older adults, respectively, reported greater less well-being. Young higher scores changing future, while lowest except also controlling gender. this variable, as well correlations between many variables described, rely specificity age, challenges. Moreover, main concerns were based both In conclusion, various stresses discussed relationship with personal well-being, it is important consider potential global health resulting these stressors.

Язык: Английский

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Hope and climate-change engagement from a psychological perspective

Current Opinion in Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 49, С. 101514 - 101514

Опубликована: Ноя. 11, 2022

This article reviews recent research about climate-change hope and engagement. Cognitive is consistently positively related to engagement, while the results are less consistent regarding as an emotion. It argued that when conducting emotion sources of need be considered, since they can both constructive seen from a engagement perspective. Additionally, collective action lead hope. The conclusion in future there go beyond dichotomy between cognition interventions optimistic messages take into account preconditions for

Язык: Английский

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On climate anxiety and the threat it may pose to daily life functioning and adaptation: a study among European and African French-speaking participants

Climatic Change, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 173(1-2)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2022

Язык: Английский

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On the Measurement of Climate Change Anxiety: French Validation of the Climate Anxiety Scale

Psychologica Belgica, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 62(1), С. 123 - 123

Опубликована: Март 22, 2022

The notion of climate change anxiety has gained traction in the last years. Clayton & Karazsia (2020) recently developed 22-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CAS), which assesses via a four-factor structure. Yet other research cast doubts on very structure CAS by calling either for shorter (i.e. 13 items) two-factor or single-factor items). So far, these three different models have not yet been compared one study. Moreover, uncertainty remains regarding associations between and psychological constructs, especially depression. This project was designed to overcome limitations. In first preregistered study (n = 305), we translated scale into French tested, confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), whether version would better fit with four-, two-, structure, as implied previous works. We also examined how factors related depression, anxiety, environmental identity. second study, aimed at replicating our comparison CFA larger sample 905). Both studies pointed 13-item best fitting model, reflecting cognitive emotional features functional impairments. Each exhibited positive association depression identity but general anxiety. discuss this impacts conceptualization

Язык: Английский

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