This reading resource can be used by educators teaching Psychology or Social Sciences to show the psychological dimensions of climate change. It contains six sections that include
information on how people understand the risks imposed by climate change, human behavioral contributions to climate change, psycho-social impacts of climate change, how people adapt and cope with perceived threats due to climate change, psychological barriers that limit climate change action and how psychologists can assist in limiting climate change.
About the Tool
| Tool Name | Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges |
| Discipline | Psychology; Social Sciences; Humanities; Environmental Sciences |
| Topic(s) in Discipline | Climate Change and Human Health |
| Climate Topic | Climate and Health; Climate and the Anthroposphere |
| Type of Tool | Reading |
| Grade Level | Undergraduate |
| Location | |
| Language | English |
| Translation | |
| Developed by | American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change |
| Hosted at | American Psychological Association |
| Link | http://www.apa.org/science/about/publications/climate-change-booklet.pdf |
| Access | Online/Offline |
| Computer Skills | Basic |
