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Climate change is negatively impacting mental health and wellbeing. These impacts are not distributed equally.
The report produced by UKHSA climate scientists reviews evidence on how climate change affects mental health and the interventions that protect and improve it.
Advice for British people with mental health needs, and their families and carers, while travelling or living abroad.
Community and educational approaches include nature-based solutions and climate literacy initiatives. They can help people build resilience and process emotions.
Those with pre-existing health conditions may be at increased risk of mental health impacts associated with extreme weather.
Children and young people are at heightened risk from the mental health and wellbeing impacts of climate change but there are ways to support them.
Some occupational groups may be at increased risk of mental health impacts associated with extreme weather.
Concern about climate change and extreme weather events are already contributing to a number of common mental health conditions.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
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