Bold, transformative governmental actions must supplement individual and collective activism and courage, argue Richard Powell and Mala Rao
The climate emergency continues to progress with relentless severity.1 Every day brings news of further environmental disasters, with the most economically and geographically vulnerable countries bearing the heaviest toll. The rapidity with which global warming is translating into climate extremes, and the scale of environmental disasters,2 surpass early scientific predictions, compelling experts to warn that climatic breakdown may be inevitable. Scientists now predict the 1.5C threshold will be breached by 2027.
While advances in attribution science have rapidly improved the accuracy of estimates of the impact that the climate emergency has on physical health, the mental health impacts of the climate emergency have received comparatively less attention.3 Climate emergency-related events from flooding and wildfires, to drought and resulting food
Eco-anxiety is having too much stress or anxiety about the environmental condition- it can trigger trauma, stress, guilt about the climate change and global warming-What is eco-anxiety and how to cope with it aaa
A new mouse study reveals a breakdown in the process that clears brain cells of waste products precedes the buildup of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.