Welcome to the Connecting Climate Minds Hub, where the worlds of mental health and climate change research unite.
We are dedicated to fostering a connected global research community, all driven by a common goal: understanding and addressing the intricate relationship between our planet's changing climate and our mental health.
Prioritizing Global Research and Action for Climate Change and Mental Health
The Global Research and Action Agenda for climate change and mental health sets out priorities for research and action that have been developed from dialogues and consultation with 960+ experts in research, policy, practice, and lived experience in 90 countries.
Your collaborative space for ideas, dialogue, and connection
Whether you want to delve into priority areas for research and action, seek inspiration and understanding from case studies, personal experiences and insights, learn from "how to" toolkits, or are looking to join our growing global community and form new connections, this hub is for you.
Catalysing interdisciplinary research to inform action in policy and practice
Explore our rich repository of co-created research and action agendas, reports, case studies, lived experience insights and toolkits. All have been designed to support collaboration between disciplines and many different forms of expertise and accelerate and align the growing field of climate change and mental health.
Stories of grief, resilience, and hope
Understanding and learning from lived experience is essential to navigating the relationship between mental health and climate change. Browse our library of lived experience insights shared by people across the globe, providing invaluable insights into impacts and solutions.
Regional communities driving global research
Our 7 Regional Communities of Practice are at the heart of the Connecting Climate Minds Project, connecting people across countries, disciplines, sectors and experiences. They all bring their unique insights to a thriving community of practice in climate change and mental health research, that is deeply connected to and engages with lived experience needs, and linking out to policy and practice.
Facilitating meaningful connection and collaboration
Whether you're seeking expertise for a project, looking to join forces on research, or wanting to share innovative ideas, our Collaborate area is a meeting place for individuals and organizations from various fields to connect and collaborate.
Latest news in the field
Keeping you up-to-date with the latest developments in the intersection of mental health and climate change research, policy and practice.
Study shows climate distress related to anxiety and action in young people
Imperial research on youth climate anxiety
Imperial researchers have carried out a study to understand the psycho-social impacts of climate crisis on young people in the UK.
Climate Change and Mental Health: Insights from Connecting Climate Minds' First Regional Dialogues
Understanding mental health impacts across global regions
As climate change continues to reshape our world, it's not just landscapes that are transforming; the mental health of communities worldwide is also on the line.
COP28: Centring Mental Health in the Health Response to Climate Change
A turning point for human health in climate negotiations
The 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) was a turning point for the centring of human health in climate negotiations.
Funded by Wellcome, hosted by Climate Cares Centre
Learn more about Wellcome's work in climate change and health and in mental health.
What do we mean by mental health?
Climate change, mental health, and their intersection are complex and wide-ranging fields, understood through a range of diverse perspectives, framings and terminologies.Mental health challenges (which encompass mental health conditions/illnesses) are defined in Connecting Climate Minds as thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that affect a person’s ability to function in one or more areas of life and often involve significant levels of psychological distress. Ways mental health could be affected by climate change include:
- How climate change may lead to a worsening of pre-existing mental health problems
- How climate change may contribute to the prevalence or impact of existing mental health problems
- How climate change may impact on treatment access or effectiveness for those with mental health problems
- How climate change may lead to new mental health problems.
However, we note that a diversity of perspectives were heard through Connecting Climate Minds, and we have sought to appropriately represent and reflect this in the project outputs.
Who is involved
We are a Wellcome funded project that brings together expertise across research, policy, practice, design, and lived experience from across the globe.
