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Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

Climate emotions, thoughts, and plans among US adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional descriptive survey and analysis by political party identification and self-reported exposure to severe weather events. 

Lewandowski, R. E., Clayton, S. D., Olbrich, L., Sakshaug, J. W., Wray, B., Schwartz, S. E., Augustinavicius, J., Howe, P. D., Parnes, M., Wright, S., Carpenter, C., Wiśniowski, A., Ruiz, D. P., Van Susteren, L. The Lancet. Planetary health 2024

The Climate Formulation: Addressing Climate Change in Mental Health Practice

Wang, R. S., Seritan, A. L., Hatcher, A., & Asghar-Ali, A. A. Academic Psychiatry, 1-5. 2024.

Connecting Climate Minds: a shared vision for the climate change and mental health field.

Lawrance, Emma L., Alessandro Massazza, Irini Pantelidou, Jessica Newberry Le Vay, Omnia El Omrani, Connecting Climate Minds Core Team Imperial College London Lawrance Emma 1 2 Nabarro David 1 Otto Friederike 2 Jennings Neil 2 Rao Mala 5 6 Meinsma Nienke 1 Howitt Peter 1 Sakalauskas Darius 7, Red Cross Red Crescent Curl Margot 8 Bailey Meghan 9 Suarez Pablo 10 Meyer Renate 11 Whitton Shona 12, Regional Community Development Team Guinto Renzo R. 13 Aruta John Jamir Benzon 13 14 Maharaj Sandeep 15 16 Greaves Natalie 17 Anchang Kenneth Yongabi 18, Lived Experience Working Group Zeitz Lian 19 Wray Britt 20 Newman Sarah 19 Uchendu Jennifer 21 Lekwa Hope 21 Olude Ayomide 21 Wright Sacha 22, and Wellcome Boyce Niall 4 Thomson Madeleine 4 Watson Chloe 4 Hore Rachel 4. Nature Mental Health 2, no. 2 (2024): 121-125.

 

Coping with Eco-Anxiety: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for Collective Learning and Strategic Communication

Wang, H., Safer D.L., Cosentino, M., Cooper, R., Van Susteren, L., Coren, E., Nosek, G., Lertzman, R., & Sutton, S. (2023). Coping with eco-anxiety: An interdisciplinary perspective for collective learning and strategic communication. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 9, 100211.

Community-Based Resilience: The Influence of Social Identity, Collective Efficacy, and Positive Deviance on Climate Change-Related Mental Health

Cosentino, M., Gal-Oz, R., & Safer, D.L. (in press). Community-Based Resilience: The Influence of Collective Efficacy and Positive Deviance on Climate Change-Related Mental Health. In E Coren & H. Wang (Eds), Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Press.

Connecting Climate Minds: A Shared Vision for the Climate Change and Mental Health Field

Lawrance, E.L., Massazza, A., Pantelidou, I. et al. Connecting Climate Minds: a shared vision for the climate change and mental health field. Nat. Mental Health 2, 121–125 (2024). 

Mental Health and Psychosocial Interventions in the Context of Climate Change: A Scoping Review

Xue, S., Massazza, A., Akhter-Khan, S., Wray, B., Lawrance, E. Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change: A scoping review. npj (Nature Partner Journals) Mental Health Research. 2024.

Embracing Climate Emotions to Advance Higher Education

Pellitier, P.T., Ng, M., Castaneda, S.R., Moser, S.C. and Wray, B., 2023. Embracing climate emotions to advance higher education. Nature Climate Change, pp.1-3. 

Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in Youth: Design and Implementation of the International Changing Worlds Study

Vercammen, A., Yatirajula, S.K., Daniel, M., Maharaj, S., Campbell, M.H., Greaves, N., Guinto, R., Aruta, J.J.B., Peñamante, C.A., Wray, B. and Lawrance, E.L., 2023. Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in Youth: Design and Implementation of the International Changing Worlds Study. Challenges, 14(3), p.34.

A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadership

Wray B, Veidis EM, Flores EC, Phillips AA, Alani O, Barry M. A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadership. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023.

Psychological and Emotional Responses to Climate Change among Young People Worldwide: Differences Associated with Gender, Age, and Country

Clayton SD, Pihkala P, Wray B, Marks E. Psychological and emotional responses to climate change among young people worldwide: Differences associated with gender, age, and country. Sustainability. 2023; 15(4):3540.

Climate Change and Global Health: A Call to More Research and More Action

Climate Change and Global Health: A Call to more Research and more Action. Allergy Agache, I., Sampath, V., Aguilera, J., Akdis, C., Akdis, M., Barry, M., Bouagnon, A., Chinthrajah, S., Collins, W., Dulitzki, C., Erny, B., Gomez, J., Goshua, A., Jutel, M., Kizer, K. W., Kline, O., LaBeaud, A. D., Pali-Scholl, I., Perrett, K. P., Peters, R. L., Plaza, M. P., Prunicki, M., Sack, T., Salas, R. N., Sindher, S. B., Sokolow, S. H., Thiel, C., Veidis, E., Wray, B. D., Traidl-Hoffmann, C., Witt, C., Nadeau, K. C. 2022; 5(77): 1389-1407.

Climate Anxiety in Children and Young People and Their Beliefs About Government Responses to Climate Change: A Global Survey

Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey. The Lancet Planetary Health. Hickman, C., Marks, E., Pihkala, P., Clayton, S., Lewandowski, R. E., Mayall, E.E., Wray, B., Mellor, C., van Susteren, L. 2021; 5(12): e863-e873.

Media Articles

Climate Anxiety is on the rise – here's what we do about it

Brief explanatory of Climate Anxiety for a general audience. Part of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and the Centre for Nature and Climate. World Economic Forum. Wray, B., McKinley, K. 2024.