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#142: We need to talk about mental health and climate change

In 2022, for the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change included mental health as part of its assessment of the impacts of climate change. Conditions such as anxiety, stress and post traumatic stress disorder are all predicted to increase as temperatures rise and people experience extreme weather events. To mark World Mental Health Day (Monday 10th October), Rowan spoke to ‘Losing Eden’ author Lucy Jones, and energy and climate scientist Gesche Huebner, to find out how the climate and nature crises are impacting our mental health - and what to do about it. This episode is an extended version of the edited interview on last week’s podcast - we hope you enjoy it.  Events and discount codes:Dow: <a href="newscientist.com/dow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newscientist.com/dow</a>New Scientist Autumn campaign: <a href="www.newscientist.com/pod13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.newscientist.com/pod13</a>Big Thinker: <a href="newscientist.com/spaceandmotion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newscientist.com/spaceandmotion</a>Mental health resources: UK Samaritans; US National Institute for Mental Health; help with climate anxiety Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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