Climate Cares Centre

The Overlooked Link Between Heat and Mental Health

♨️Mental health is an overlooked impact of extreme heat and heatwaves and will be a more significant problem due to climate change.

Read our new in-depth piece on heats connection to mental health and the policies in place to tackle it⤵️:

Heat map showing National Adaptation Policies

Our latest report, with @unitedgmh.bsky.social, highlights that mental health is currently missing from many national adaptation policies around the world.

Read our blog post summarising why this matters and what this analysis tells us➡️ :
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People walking through floodwater outside the Doge's palace in Venice, Italy. Source of photo is Adam Sébire / Climate Visuals.

🎊Incredible news that the ICJ have ruled that States are legally obligated to protect the environment and must act on climate change.

Read the report that our very own @jessnlv.bsky.social contributed to which was part of this landmark case⤵️:

futuregenerationstribunal.com/peoples-peti...

Dr John Jamir Benzon Aruta spoke with clarity on how to evolve #EnvironmentalPsychology by advocating for more diverse perspectives. Read in his own words below 👇

We are grateful to John for his continued collaboration, mentorship and friendship on multiple projects over the years 💚

#ICEP2025

The 'Rising Faster than the Sea Levels' team showcase:
💡Group discussions with Australian young people who want interventions to support their mental health during the climate crisis
🗺 Mapping of 178 concepts of climate mental health concepts. Eco-anxiety had 41 different definitions
#ICEP2025

Fantastic to meet, for the first time in person, some of the leading and lovely experts of the climate change and mental health field 💚🌏

Ans Vercammen 🇦🇺🇧🇪
@emlawrance.bsky.social 🇦🇺🇬🇧
@iaojala.bsky.social 🇫🇮🇸🇪
John Aruta 🇵🇭

#ICEP2025 @climatecares.bsky.social

✨️Dr Teaghan Hogg presented preliminary findings from our 'Rising Faster than the Sea Levels' project in Australia, the Philippines and Trinidad & Tobago
🇦🇺Youth advisors co-facilated group discussions with 45 Australian young people who advocated for climate mental health interventions
#ICEP2025

🌱Kicking off the International Conference on Environmental Psychology in Vilinius, Lithuania! Fantastic to meet in person for the first time, the 'Rising Faster than the Sea Levels' team from the Philippines, Australia and the UK 🚀
#ICEP2025
@climatecares.bsky.social

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Dr @emlawrance.bsky.social is at SXSW today, on a panel exploring the NHS’s role in shaping healthier cities, in session at 10.30am.

If you're there, join us!

www.sxswlondon.com/session/buil...

#climate #nhs #SXSW #ClimateChange

Don't forget to register for tomorrow's event with the #ATACH network!

We'll be sharing insights on #Climate impacts and strategies to build more resilient, sustainable mental health systems.

Sign up below👇

Environmental disruption is impacting people's mental health Communities around the world are using innovative programmes like youth-led support schemes to address the mental health impacts of environmental change.

📃Delighted to be featured by @weforum.org as a key global organisation responding to the impact of #ClimateChange on #MentalHealth!

#ConnectingClimateMinds has convened over 1,180 contributors across 126 countries🌍

Read more this #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth: www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

To accommodate various time zones, there will be two sessions featuring the same content.

🗓️5 June 2025
🕔First session: 09h00 - 10h30 CET | Second session: 19h00 - 20h30 CET

👉 Join us at the time that works best for you!

''Mental health and climate change: Making mental health systems climate resilient and sustainable. 5th June 2025. First Session: 09.00-10.00 CEST. Second Session: 19.00-20.00 CEST. Please register for this online event using this code.''

Join us on 5 June for a key technical meeting on #ClimateChange & #MentalHealth systems with the #ATACH network!🌍

We'll share insights on climate impacts & strategies to build more resilient, sustainable systems. Register now: www.atachcommunity.com/atach-commun... @who.int @unitedgmh.bsky.social

🧠 For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re spotlighting our position paper from last year on the link between #ClimateChange & #MentalHealth.

Co-authored by our Policy Fellow @jessnlv.bsky.social & other experts in the field.

📖 Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@granthamicl.bsky.social

Fantastic to see Dr @emlawrance.bsky.social from our Climate Cares team present as part of the Changing Planet Seminar!💡🌍

In this seminar, Emma shed light on how #ClimateChange and #MentalHealth are deeply connected.

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @granthamicl.bsky.social

Connecting Climate Minds Global Online Hub Expansion

🌍The #CCM Global Online Hub is your go-to for brilliant resources on #MentalHealth & #ClimateChange.

Now with multilingual Research & Action Agendas used in #CCM dialogues (Arabic, Portuguese, French, Spanish)!

Explore during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek: hub.connectingclimateminds.org/sign-up

A Changing Seminar with Dr Emma Lawrance. Climate change & mental health. Common causes, common solutions. Tuesday 13 May 2025

🧠 This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, join us &
@granthamicl.bsky.social for the next A Changing Planet Seminar with @emlawrance.bsky.social.

Discover the evidence base for how #ClimateChange and #MentalHealth are deeply connected.

📅Tomorrow | 14.00-15.00

➡️ www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19200...

How climate change will burden our children: data reveal a lifetime of extreme heat Young people will be exposed to a number of heatwaves that no one would have experienced in pre-industrial times.

Glad to see @emlawrance.bsky.social featured in @natureportfolio.nature.com! 📰

“We need to be preparing communities to face an increasing number of #Climate events.”

Learn more about how young people will face unprecedented exposure to heatwaves over their lifetime: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Global Climate and Health Summit Join us in July 2025 for our Global Climate and Health Summit.

🌍 Climate change is a health crisis.
Join global experts at the Global Climate and Health Summit – 16–17 July, London & online.
Tackling heat 🌡️, air pollution 🌬️, and nutrition 🥦 through science, policy & action.
🎟️ Free to attend – apply now www.globalclimateandhealthsummit.org
#ClimateHealthSummit25

🔍The @imperial-ighi.bsky.social teams are on a mission, searching for clues related to themes within our department. On the hunt for life's main joys: antibiotics, robots, and climate art.

🚀 Laura Horga kickes off the #IGHIDemoDay!
✨️ Thank you to Laura for organising the event along side the team.
⏳️Each team presented a 'Pecha Kucha' talk - 20 slides, 20 seconds each....
@imperial-ighi.bsky.social

Youth Climate Justice protest - people with banners

New in TIME magazine - read "Climate Anxiety Is Taking Its Toll on Young People" time.com/7280989/clim...

@emlawrance.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social said: “It’s the people who have contributed the least to the problem who are facing the challenge of dealing with the consequences...”

Connecting Climate Minds "Connecting Climate Minds" in blue text on a white background, over a blue wavy pattern.

See the latest news from #ConnectingClimateMinds!

We're excited to share updates on our Global Online Hub expansion, recent community events, and upcoming opportunities to engage with #climate and mental health initiatives worldwide.

Read the newsletter 📰 mailchi.mp/e5392911232d...

#MentalHealth

There's talks, workshops, storytelling and more, to provide young people with evidence-based information to make smart decisions and foster community and collective action.

See you there?

NHM - Fixing our broken planet - Generation Hope

Join Generation Hope this week - a free programme led by @nhm-london.bsky.socialin collaboration with youth climate and nature advocates from across the world, aimed at empowering people to become advocates for the planet.

www.nhm.ac.uk/events/gener...

#MentalHealth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Text reads "Planning for tomorrow: Psychological impacts of climate change on US Youth". Illustration shows a green tree on blue soil and half a dry tree on dry soil. A person holds a sign that reads "The climate is changing, why aren't we?"

The authors discovered that #ClimateAnxiety is more than just an emotional burden; it's prompting young people to actively reconsider their futures. 🌍

The findings of this research emphasise that climate anxiety is a valid response to the real threats posed by climate change.
#MentalHealth 💙

Psychological impacts of climate change on US youth | PNAS Awareness of the threats of climate change is causing distress in increasingly documented ways, with youth particularly affected. Experiences such ...

New research on the psychological impacts of #ClimateChange on US youth examines the links between a broad spectrum of emotional & mental responses, mental health and well-being, and life plans.

Read the paper in @pnas.org 📄https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311400122

@emlawrance.bsky.social

Institute of Global Health Innovation Annual Report 2024 Our year, our progress

Fantastic to see our centre's key highlights and achievements from last year in the IGHI Annual Report.

Read the full report below to find out more: imperial.ac.uk/Stories/ighi...
#ClimateChange #MentalHealth

Ambassadors for Inner-Led Change. 2025 Call for Applications. Program perios: May-October 2025. Climate Youth Resilience

Check out this fantastic opportunity for youth leaders aged 18-35 to become #Climate Youth Resilience Ambassadors for Inner-Led Change.

Don't miss out!

Find out more on their website and apply before 14 April ⏰:
climateyouthresilience.org/programmes/a...

Illustration of people connected around the globe

See the #ConnectingClimateMinds Hub for resources in climate change + mental health

The Research & Action Agendas are available as:
Summary slide deck 👩‍🏫
1 minute explainer video 📺
Accessible reader version📒
Downloadable PDF version in 5 languages 🔤
hub.connectingclimateminds.org/research-and...