A scoping review of interventions for the treatment of eco-anxiety

The Phenomenon of Eco-Anxiety and Distress Related to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

“…The 2021 floods in South India encompass a sequence of flood events linked to depression and a low pressure system, resulting in extensive disruptions over the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and the neighboring Sri Lanka. The precipitation event commenced on the first of November in the year 2021 throughout the region of Tamil Nadu (Baudon, 2021). The occurrence of floods can be attributed to the occurrence of exceptionally intense precipitation events.…”

It's time to take a sustainable approach to health care in the face of the challenges of the 21st century

“…This form of emotional and mental state, which is associated with awareness of environmental conditions and their implications for the future, is called eco-anxiety [ 88 ]. Few specific interventions address eco-anxiety at this time (see scoping review of Baudon and Jachens 2021 [ 89 ]), as diseases or conditions associated with climate change. Climate change will also have region- and population-specific consequences, depending on relationships to the land, and can be the source of ecological grief (Cunsolo & Ellis).…”

No risk, no fun…ctioning? Perceived climate risks, but not nature connectedness or self-efficacy predict climate anxiety

“…Nature connectedness entails the affective experience of belonging to nature and understanding nature as part of the self (15). While some recommend fostering nature connectedness as a coping strategy for dealing with climate anxiety (16), feeling such a connection with nature may actually increase people's sensitivity to the potential loss of nature as something valuable (see also 12). It may also influence perception of already existing degradation of nature due to climate change, which may exacerbate feelings of climate anxiety.…”