Climate Change and Human Well-Being Global Challenges and Opportunit
Although climate change is mainly caused in industrialized nations, the impact of climate change has spread across the globe, among developing countries and the world’s most vulnerable populations. While the public health effects of environmental degradat
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ISSN 1574-0455 ISBN 978-1-4419-9741-8 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-9742-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-9742-5 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931515 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing us in this century and beyond. The work of this volume has been inspired and preceded by various efforts and events, which continue to pave the way for including mental health and psychosocial well-being aspects in the global discourse on climate change. Aspects of mental health and well-being are still largely missing from the global public health agenda, and climate change is no exception. We hope that this volume will contribute to encouraging others to consider multiple and complex effects on climate change on the most vulnerable groups and populations and to provide better-informed interventions and policies that are culturally informed and participatory. This volume grew from different initiatives and events taking place at the United Nations and elsewhere around the topic of global climate change and civil society engagement. The 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference at the United Nations in New York (September 5 to 7, 2007), had the theme “Climate Change: How it impacts us all.” This conference brought together United Nations agencies with various actors from different civil society organizations across the globe around the common goal of addressing the challenges of climate change. Conference participants included 1726 individuals representing over 500 nongovernmental organizations from more than 62 countries (DPI/NGO Drafting Committee, 2007). I participated in this conference as an NGO representative of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and Department of Public Information. I was fortunate to be able to contribute, along with other psychologists and stake
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