A small number of people experience a debilitating level of eco-anxiety that limits their ability to live happy and healthy lives.
Articles on Eco-anxiety
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Scientists experience diverse, complex, and often contrasting emotions about the fate of the planet.
Experts explain the latest evidence on eco-anxiety in The Conversation Weekly.
Eco-anxiety is an understandable response to the many crises the world faces. Here are four ways to help you cope.
Our study of more than 800 memes shared on social media showed the isolation, anxiety and powerlessness many feel about climate change.
Plant-rich diets can help tackle the climate crisis, prevent disease and improve mental health.
‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too
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When think about this time next year, are we freaking out, or are we futuring?
The risk of mental health problems associated with this bushfire season extends well beyond those living in directly affected regions.
As food systems are made vulnerable through climate change, we need to acknowledge and address the eco-anxiety provoked by threats to food security.
In the face of the climate crisis, a lot of young people are experiencing eco-anxiety – here, a psychotherapist explains how to cope.
When we think about the health impacts of climate change, the effects of rising temperatures on physical health are often front of mind. But climate change affects people’s mental health, too.
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Lead Policy Fellow for Mental Health, Imperial College London
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Lecturer, University of Canberra
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Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences and PhD Candidate in Education
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence and Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University
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Senior Researcher in Behavioural Science and Psychology, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Independent Researcher, Political Ecologist and Ecotherapist, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, UNSW
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Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry
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Doctor of Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, York St John University
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Professor in Education, Gender and International Development, UCL
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Professor, Sustainable Food Systems, Dalhousie University