Mental Health in the Climate Crisis

Find a range of free online tools, resources, and information to support you and others in the face of the escalating impacts of the climate-nature crisis on their mental health and wellbeing.

The climate-nature crisis is increasingly harming Londoners’ mental health: through direct impacts (e.g., flooding and heatwaves) and indirect impacts (e.g., feelings of worry and overwhelm that impact on people’s everyday lives).

Find below a range of free online tools, resources, and information to support you and others in the face of the escalating impacts of the climate-nature crisis on their mental health and wellbeing.

Thrive LDN is working to create a London in which everyone can take meaningful climate action in their communities while also improving their mental health. Find out about our Climate and Mental Health Action Partnership.

Interactive exercises

Find interactive exercises to offer individuals struggling with climate-related mental health

Reflect on your eco-emotions, imagine better futures, and complete action-oriented exercises to address climate anxiety.

Do mindfulness exercises and meditations to help you cope with stress and anxiety related to environmental concerns.

Take part in workshops and use resources from Psychology for a Safe Climate, including brief exercises for managing emotional impacts.

Online events

Join online events to support mental health and drive climate action

Digital workshops for young people to turn eco-anxiety into action.

Do group workshops from The Resilience Project to support yoyou in developing skills and strategies for coping with life's challenges in the face of the climate crisis.

Join a Climate Emotions Conversation – a small group sharing & listening session about the climate emergency.

Online resources

Explore online resources to support yourself and others

Find out about tips and exercises on eco-anxiety to help build resilience and wellbeing.

Use online resources and watch webinars to help you and your communities to cope with eco-anxiety and climate-related stress.

Use this online hub to develop new mindsets around climate and sustainability issues.

Mental Health in the Climate Crisis

Use Natural England’s Happier Outdoors directory to choose from a broad selection of events and activities happening all over Greater London.

Read this thought-provoking Instagram post by @climateincolour.

Use this helpful discussion guide from Climate and Mind.