Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC
CLIMATE change poses serious risks to mental well-being. For the first time, a new climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assessed how climate change is having widespread and cumulative effects on mental health globally. Authors ASHLEE CUNSOLO, Founding Dean, School of Arctic & Subarctic Studies, Labrador Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland BREANNE AYLWARD, PhD Student in Public Health, University of Alberta SHERILEE HARPER, Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health, University of Alberta Over the past decade, research and public interest on the effects of climate change on mental health have been increasing, as…