Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss

Cunsolo, Ashlee; Ellis, Neville R.

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Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss

Cunsolo, Ashlee, Ellis, Neville R.·2018·Nature Climate Change

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Climate-specific psychological responses include climate anxiety, solastalgia and ecological grief.
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Climate grief lacks social norms and ritual associated with other types of loss that may enable coping.
“A potent example is climate grief, which lacks social norms and ritual associated with other types of loss that may enable coping. 13”
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Indirect impacts involve mental health problems associated with broader climate change-related events such as gradual temperature increase and displacement.
“Indirect impacts involve mental health problems associated with broader climate change-related events such as gradual temperature increase and displacement. For example, rising sea levels may contribute to population displacement, resulting in mental health problems associated with overcrowding and poverty.12 13”
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Authors: Cunsolo, A., & Ellis, N. R.
Affiliations: Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
The University of Western Australia (AU)
Corresponding author: Cunsolo, Ashlee
ORCID: Cunsolo, Ashlee
Ellis, Neville R.
Venue: Nature Climate Change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-04
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
Pages: 275-281
ISSN: 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
1758-6798
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0092-2
OpenAlex: W2794911589
Semantic Scholar: 73445f42dc8bae317cd4930be9911b03f5d177bc
Cited by: 1,408
References: 72
Citations by year: 2026: 246 · 2025: 225 · 2024: 207 · 2023: 192 · 2022: 188 · 2021: 173 · 2020: 83 · 2019: 78 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 1
FWCI: 197.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Keywords: ecological grief, climate change, mental health, ecological loss, landscape loss, ecosystem loss, human-nature relationship, northern Canada

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