Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and wellbeing, concludes a WHO policy brief released in June 2022. Climate change can lead to job loss, force people to relocate, and harm social connections in the community, all of these can have mental health consequences. In addition, fear of the effects of climate change and related consequences to society and individual wellbeing can cause anxiety and distress.

There is an onus on governments in relation to the impacts of climate change on mental health to integrate climate considerations with mental health programs and develop community-based approaches to reduce vulnerabilities.

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