Climate Cares Centre: Mental health and wellbeing in the climate emergency
Climate change and mental health are interconnected issues and two of the greatest global challenges we face.
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The Climate Cares Centre is the world’s first research centre dedicated to climate change and mental health and wellbeing.
The Climate Cares Centre works to:
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Protect mental health and strengthen psychosocial resilience in a changing climate;
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Enable climate action that benefits mental health and wellbeing.
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"Climate change is an underappreciated mental health emergency. This is a technical, social, and emotional issue. The Climate Cares Centre is connecting people and ideas for systems change to protect and strengthen mental health in the climate crisis" Professor Sir David Nabarro
The five pillars of Climate Cares' work
- Convening and connecting across cultures and disciplines to better connect research, lived experience , decision-making and implementation
- Understanding and measuring the mental health impacts of climate change and mental health benefits of climate action
- Raising awareness by sharing insights in accessible formats to increase knowledge and capabilities
- Implementing and evaluating co-beneficial solutions to create a safer climate while protecting and promoting mental health and wellbeing
- Living Climate Cares to create a Centre culture where we lead by example. (See Support for more information)
