Our publications

  • Assessment reports.

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  • Research articles.

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  • Other publications.

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  • Media engagement.

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Assessment reports.

 

UN Assessment Reports

 

IPCC Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability

 

IPCC. (2022). Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (Eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.

Our team members contributed to the following sections:

 

IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

 

IPCC. (2019). IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, M. Tignor, E. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Nicolai, A. Okem, J. Petzold, B. Rama, N.M. Weyer (Eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, 755 pp.

Our team members contributed to the following sections:

Government of Canada Assessment Reports

 

Health Canada’s Climate Change and Health Assessment

 

Berry, P., & Schnitter, R. (Eds.). (2022). Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action. Government of Canada.

Our team members contributed to the following sections:

 

Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Assessment

 

Warren, F., & Lulham, N., (Eds.). (2021). Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report. Government of Canada.

Our team members contributed to the following sections:

 

Research articles.

  • Climate change and mental health in North America.

    Aylward, B., Cunsolo, A., Vriezen, R., & Harper, S.L. (In press). Climate change is impacting mental health in North America: A systematic scoping review of the risks, hazards, exposures, vulnerabilities, and responses. International Review of Psychiatry.

  • Temperature, place, and mental health in Nunatsiavut.

    Middleton, J., Cunsolo, A., Pollock, N., Jones-Bitton, A., Wood, M., Shiwak, I., Flowers, C., & Harper, S. L. (2021). Temperature and place associations with Inuit mental health in the context of climate change. Environmental Research, 198, 111166. Read here.

  • Climate change and Indigenous Peoples' mental health.

    Middleton, J., Cunsolo, A., Jones-Bitton, A., Wright, C. J., & Harper, S. L. (2020). Indigenous mental health in a changing climate: a systematic scoping review of the global literature. Environmental Research Letters, 15(5), 053001. Read here.

  • Ecological grief and anxiety in response to climate change.

    Cunsolo, A., Harper, S. L., Minor, K., Hayes, K., Williams, K. G., & Howard, C. (2020). Ecological grief and anxiety: the start of a healthy response to climate change? The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(7), e261–e263. Read here.

  • Weather, climate change, and mental health in Nunatsiavut.

    Middleton, J., Cunsolo, A., Jones-Bitton, A., Shiwak, I., Wood, M., Pollock, N., Flowers, C., & Harper, S. L. (2020). “We’re people of the snow:” Weather, climate change, and Inuit mental wellness. Social Science and Medicine, 262, 113137. Read here.

  • Ecological grief in response to climate change losses.

    Cunsolo, A., & Ellis, N.R. (2018). Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss. Nature Climate Change 8, 275–281. Read here.

  • Climate change and youth mental health in Nunatsiavut.

    Petrasek MacDonald, J., Cunsolo Willox, A., Ford, J.D., Shiwak, I., Wood, M., the IMHACC Team, & the Rigolet Inuit Community Government. (2015). Protective factors for mental health in a changing climate: Perspectives from Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador. Social Science and Medicine, 141, 133-141. Read here.

  • Climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut.

    Harper, S.L., Edge, V.L., Ford, J., Cunsolo Willox, A., Wood, M., IHACC Research Group, Rigolet Inuit Community Government, & McEwen, S.A. (2015). Climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut, Canada. BMC Public Health, 15, 605. Read here.

  • Climate change and mental health in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.

    Cunsolo Willox, A., Harper, S.L., Ford, J.D., Edge, V.L., Landman, K., Houle, K., Blake, S. & Wolfrey, C. (2013). Climate change and mental health: An exploratory case study from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Labrador. Climatic Change, 121, 255–270. Read here.

  • Climate change and mental health in the Circumpolar North.

    Cunsolo Willox, A., Stephenson, E., Allen, J., Bourque, F., Drossos, A., Elgarøy, S., Kral, M., Mauro, I., Moses, J., Pearce, T., Petrasek MacDonald, J., & Wexler, L. (2015). Examining relationships between climate change and mental health in the Circumpolar North. Regional Environmental Change, 15(1), 169-182. Read here.

  • Environmental change, affect, and emotional health in Nunatsiavut.

    Cunsolo Willox, A., Harper, S.L., Edge, V., Landman, K., Houle, K., Ford, J.D., & the Rigolet Inuit Community Government. (2013). “The land enriches the soul”: On environmental change, affect, and emotional health and well-being in Nunatsiavut, Canada. Emotion, Space, and Society, 6, 14-24. Read here.

  • Climate change, health, and place in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.

    Cunsolo Willox, A., Harper, S.L., Ford, J.D., Landman, K., Houle, K., Edge, V.L., & the Rigolet Inuit Community Government. (2012). “From this place and of this place”: Climate change, health, and place in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Social Sciences and Medicine, 75(3), 538-547. Read here.

Other publications.

Climate change and mental health globally.

 

Cunsolo, A., Aylward, B., & Harper, S. (2022). Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC. The Conversation.

Read it here.

 

Climate change, mental health, and youth.

 

Aylward, B., Cooper, M., & Cunsolo, A. (2021). Generation climate change: Growing up With ecological grief and anxiety. Psychiatric News, 56(1).

Read and listen here.

 

Climate change, hope, and mourning.

 

Ellis, N., & Cunsolo, A. (2018). Hope and mourning in the Antropocene: Understanding ecological grief. The Conversation.

Read it here.

Media engagement.

News

  • Why lost ice means hope for an Inuit village.

    Albeck-Ripka, L. (2017, November 25). Why lost ice means hope for an Inuit village. New York Times. Read here.

  • Climate change affecting mental health in northern Labrador.

    CBC News. (2017, May 28). Climate change affecting mental health in northern Labrador. CBC News: The National. Watch here.

Podcast Episodes

  • Grieving towards a better world.

    Ito, M. & Cunsolo, A. (2022, February 7). Grieving towards a better world (no. 10) [Audio podcast episode]. In The CRAM Podcast. Listen here.

  • Exploring ecological grief.

    Keefauver, L. & Cunsolo, A. (2022, February 18). Exploring ecological grief (season 3, no. 10) [Audio podcast episode]. In Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Listen here.

  • How to cope with climate anxiety.

    Doherty, T. J., & Cunsolo, A. (2021, April 21). How to cope with climate anxiety (no. 138) [Audio podcast episode]. In Speaking of Psychology. Listen here.

  • You aren't along in grieving the climate crisis.

    Flatow, I., Lertzman, R., Cunsolo, A., Marvel, K., & Annaise-Heglar, M. (2020, April 17). You aren’t alone in grieving the climate crisis [Audio podcast episode]. In Science Friday. Listen here.

Films

  • Attutauniujuk nunami/Lament for the land.

    Cunsolo Willox, A. & the communities of Nunatsiavut. (2014). Attutauniujuk nunami/Lament for the land [Film]. Watch here.

  • The magnitude of all things.

    Abbott, J. (Director). (2020). The magnitude of all things [Film]. Watch the trailer here.