Connecting Climate Minds (CCM), a Wellcome funded project, is fostering connections between global, regional, country and community leaders in diverse disciplines and sectors relevant for climate change and mental health. Together, the growing regional and global CCM community has developed research and action agendas that reflect the experiences of communities and individuals living with mental health challenges affected by the climate crisis, to focus efforts towards a future better for mental health and the planet. For more information on the background to CCM please visit the project website here.
On 19-21 March 2024, Connecting Climate Minds stakeholders will come together in person in Barbados to finalise the Global Research and Action Agenda, and celebrate the communities that have been built during the past year’s tremendous work undertaken by the Regional Communities of Practices, Lived Experience Working Group, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Imperial’s Climate Cares Centre.
The Connecting Climate Minds Global Event is the culmination of the project’s first year of work and will bring together key members of the community across the seven Sustainable Development Goal regions to showcase the project outputs, and learn from and with the growing global community in climate change and mental health (we hope that includes you!), and reflect together on next steps.
All are invited to join the event virtually to learn about the project outcomes, listen to presentations from our regional communities, youth, small farmers and fisher people, and indigenous communities on their findings, and connect with others joining the global climate change and mental health community.
On 19-21 March 2024, Connecting Climate Minds stakeholders will come together in person in Barbados to finalise the Global Research and Action Agenda, and celebrate the communities that have been built during the past year’s tremendous work undertaken by the Regional Communities of Practices, Lived Experience Working Group, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Imperial’s Climate Cares Centre.
The Connecting Climate Minds Global Event is the culmination of the project’s first year of work and will bring together key members of the community across the seven Sustainable Development Goal regions to showcase the project outputs, and learn from and with the growing global community in climate change and mental health (we hope that includes you!), and reflect together on next steps.
All are invited to join the event virtually to learn about the project outcomes, listen to presentations from our regional communities, youth, small farmers and fisher people, and indigenous communities on their findings, and connect with others joining the global climate change and mental health community.
Launch of the Hub - 19th of March
We know there is already so much expertise and brilliant work happening at the climate change and mental health nexus. We want to learn from you, connect you, and create a platform for existing work to be amplified and strengthened, while bringing others into this space.
So this is a space for all, whether you are an expert in climate change and mental health, or are curious to learn more about why considering mental health in the climate crisis matters
Visit the Global Online Hub on the 19th of March here and sign up.
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 includes:
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.
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 includes:
- How climate change may lead to a worsening of pre-existing mental health challenges
- How climate change may contribute to the prevalence or impact of existing mental health challenges
- How climate change may impact on treatment access or effectiveness for those with mental health challenges
- How climate change may lead to new mental health challenges
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.
