Resources

Here are some useful resources related to climate change and mental health

• WHO Mental health and Climate Change: Policy Brief
• Health Canada: Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action
• National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health: Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Canada

References

[1] Romanello, M., Di Napoli, C., Drummond, P., Green, C., Kennard, H., Lampard, P., ... & Costello, A. (2022). The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. The Lancet, 400(10363), 1619-1654.

[2] Cissé, G., R. McLeman, H. Adams, P. Aldunce, K. Bowen, D. Campbell-Lendrum, S. Clayton, K.L. Ebi, J. Hess, C. Huang, Q. Liu, G. McGregor, J. Semenza, and M.C. Tirado, 2022: Health, Wellbeing, and the Changing Structure of Communities. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1041–1170, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.009.

[3] Zhang S, Braithwaite I, Bhavsar V, Das-Munshi J. Unequal effects of climate change and pre-existing inequalities on the mental health of global populations. BJPsych Bull. 2021 Aug;45(4):230-234. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2021.26. PMID: 33759737; PMCID: PMC8499621.

[4] National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH). (2022). Climate Change and Indigenous People’s health in Canada. (Reprinted with permission from P. Berry & R. Schnitter [eds.], Health of Canadians in a changing climate: Advancing our knowledge for action [Chapter 2]. Government of Canada).

[5] Boak, A., Elton-Marshall, T., & Hamilton, H.A. (2022). The well-being of Ontario students: Findings from the 2021 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS). Toronto, ON: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

[6] Galway, L. P., & Field, E. (2023). Climate emotions and anxiety among young people in Canada: A national survey and call to action. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 9, 100204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100204.