Climate Change Is Becoming a Mental Health Crisis — and Communities Are Already Living It
From farmers facing hopelessness after crop loss to Indigenous communities grieving disappearing ecosystems, a new global agenda warns climate change is reshaping emotional survival, identity, and wellbeing.
A major international report argues climate change is not only an environmental emergency but a growing mental health crisis. Through stories from farmers, Indigenous leaders, and young people across 126 countries, the report reveals how climate disasters are producing grief, anxiety, exhaustion, and loss of identity — while communities themselves are often leading the most effective responses.
