Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.
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So much is being lost due to climate change, one can feel deranged. But the world still hums with beauty and astonishment – there is much for us to save.
Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
It has psychological consequences for those affected now, but also for those who expect to be in future.
Climate change affects groups very differently. Here’s how Australians facing climate shifts now are responding.
The science tells us this is our last chance to avert planetary disaster. Accepting our feelings of intense loss – for ourselves and the Earth – can propel us into action, writes Joelle Gergis.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Our study of more than 800 memes shared on social media showed the isolation, anxiety and powerlessness many feel about climate change.
You may associate grief with the loss of loved ones, but it’s also a useful way to think about ecological breakdown.
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VIce-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University
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Industry/Professional Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Marketing & International Business, TBS Education
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Honorary Associate, Sydney Environment Centre, The University of Sydney., University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australian National University
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Senior Researcher in Behavioural Science and Psychology, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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Senior Research Fellow and Cluster Coordinator Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Adj Prof McMaster University, Canada, United Nations University; McMaster University
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Associate professor, TBS Education
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Senior Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence and Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Johannesburg
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Director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State
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Researcher, Edith Cowan University
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Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland