The cost of caring: How to support wellbeing in climate careers
Dr Emma Lawrance, Lead Policy Fellow for Mental Health, IGHI and Jessica Newberry Le Vay, Junior Policy Fellow in Climate Change and Health are part of Climate Cares.
(Credit: Rory Arnold / No 10 Downing Street)
In November 2022, we brought discussions about the interconnections between climate change and mental health and wellbeing to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt – at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. This was only the second time that mental health has been a focus of COP events, with our COP26 Resilience Hub event the first, and overdue. We built new relationships with others who work in the climate change and mental health space, fostering community and collaboration. We published papers bringing together voices from all corners of the globe. And we were exhausted! But we pitched for funding to do more, and have big plans for 2023 to deliver on our vision to better understand and support mental health and wellbeing in the climate crisis.
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