Abstract Despite reports of increasing levels of climate change related distress, there remains limited evidence regarding effective interventions for individuals and communities.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps

• Prevalence and determinants of mental health related to climate change in Australia (2022) · doi

  While studies consistently show the majority of Australians are very concerned about the impacts of climate change, there is limited evidence from nation-wide research linking climate change with mental health burden in sub-populations.

  Keywords: climate change consistently show majority australians concerned impacts there limited evidence nation wide linking mental
• Climate change and mental health: postgraduate psychology student and program coordinator perspectives from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (2024) · doi

  However, little is known about current levels of training, including the amount of climate change mental health education within postgraduate psychology programs in Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand.

  Keywords: little known current levels training including amount climate change mental health education within postgraduate psychology
• Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Children’s Mental Health (2022) · doi

  However, there are still gaps in understanding the links between climate change, air pollution and mental health, especially in children and adolescents, who are particularly at-risk.

  Keywords: there still gaps understanding links climate change pollution mental health especially children adolescents particularly risk
• Integrating mental health aspects into disaster and climate risk management strategies: policy lessons from cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe (2026) · doi

  Introduction Climate-related disasters increasingly threaten mental well-being, yet mental health remains insufficiently integrated into disaster risk reduction and climate change response strategies in many low- and middle-income countries, including Zimbabwe.

  Keywords: climate mental introduction related disasters increasingly threaten well health remains insufficiently integrated disaster risk reduction
• Climate Change and Substance-Use Behaviors: A Risk-Pathways Framework (2022) · doi

  Climate change is undermining the mental and physical health of global populations, but the question of how it is affecting substance-use behaviors has not been systematically examined.

  Keywords: climate change undermining mental physical health global populations question affecting substance behaviors systematically examined
• Informing future directions for climate anxiety interventions: a mixed-method study of professional perspectives (2024) · doi

  Abstract Despite reports of increasing levels of climate change related distress, there remains limited evidence regarding effective interventions for individuals and communities.

  Keywords: abstract despite reports increasing levels climate change related distress there remains limited evidence regarding effective