Climate Change and Mental Health

NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, Key and Title by uploader (Eric Fisk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The climate of our planet is changing at an unprecedented and alarming rate, and these changes are already profoundly impacting human health. The World Health Organization estimates that between 2030 and 2050, we will see an increase of 250,000 excess deaths per year due to the effects of climate change.

The impacts of climate change on humans, however, go beyond physical health. Though they are less studied, the risks and impacts of climate change on mental health are becoming more evident, resulting in a range of direct and indirect consequences that disproportionately affect those who are most marginalized.

Read my latest article for IEEE Pulse: The Mental Health Impacts of a Changing Climate.