climate anxiety

From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change.

Given the racial and economic segregation that marks most Canadian neighbourhoods, it’s particularly important to do social repair work in ways that reach across postal codes.

As a guiding elder for Vancouver’s Society Promoting Environmental Conservation, Carole Christopher is convinced many older people can provide a well of wisdom for young people, their organizations and society. 

Research has shown that smells enhance autobiographical memories and trigger trauma-related flashbacks and that rates of PTSD, depression and generalized anxiety climb after wildfires and remain elevated for years after.

Candidates in Alberta's election must understand how the climate crisis is effecting the mental health of young people.

Take this quiz to see if sensational weather reporting has numbed you to the sense of actual risk — or put your climate anxiety through the roof. 

It's important to see climate grief and anxiety as human responses to catastrophe with deep roots in love for our communities and the planet.

Is it possible we are nearing the tipping point of hope about the fate of our warming planet, finally poised to offset the negativism of the last decade?

Leave it to a pyjama-wearing eight-year-old to spark an epiphany in her father about climate action.

In dealing with the climate crisis, parents must shift beyond the gloom and doom and nurture in our children a mindset and a skill set that focuses on hope and opportunity. 

Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling “climate anxiety” among young people.

Leading environmental and health groups in Canada are calling on all federal parties to prioritize CEPA modernization in this session of Parliament and to pass a strengthened bill before the end of the year.

A global survey finds most 16- to 25-year-olds worry a lot about the future, and many feel failed by their governments on climate action.

Jane McArthur, toxics campaign director with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, sits on the edge of half a century on this planet, but as a mother of two, can't help feeling like she shouldn't have to do this job.

As climate impacts worsen, worry, grief, anger and guilt are becoming more widespread, writes Dr. Courtney Howard. Being open about these emotions is a gift to everyone else around you — because it lets people know that they are not alone.