The UK Government recently released a report into the effects of climate change on the mental health and well-being of its citizens, and it is not a happy read. It found that extreme weather events such as flooding and heat were the biggest climate change-related issues. It also found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that those issues were especially troublesome to the more vulnerable, including those who were finding it difficult to access transport and healthcare services in extreme conditions.

The analysis, called “Climate Change and Mental Health Report," came courtesy of the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA) and did not mess about. 1

“Climate change is one of the most significant threats to health security and societal wellbeing,” it states in its foreword. And it’s not joking. In my practice, people presenting with climate change anxiety (as well as climate change-related anger and climate change-related depression) are growing more frequent.

Professor Lea Berrang-Ford, Head of the UKHA Centre for Climate Health Security (CCHS), said, “Climate change is already impacting mental health, and these risks will increase as the climate warms and extreme weather events become more frequent and........

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