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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Andrew J. Weaver

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📣 New article just in time for Christmas! 🎁

Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being

doi.org/10.1136/jech...

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Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being
Climate change is a major threat to global health. Its effects on physical health are increasingly recognised, but mental health impacts have received less attention. The mental health effects of clim...
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Sad news 😢. Privileged to have been mentored by him.
Sir Kenneth Calman, academic and chair of devolution commission, dies aged 83
Scottish doctor and academic Sir Kenneth Calman has died, his family have announced.
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 17
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by next general election
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be given right, already introduced in Scotland and Wales, as part of changes including easier voter registration The voting age will be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system. The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16, as Scotland and Wales have already made the change. Continue reading...
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by next general election
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be given right, already introduced in Scotland and Wales, as part of changes including easier voter registration The voting age will be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system. The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16, as Scotland and Wales have already made the change. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Are you a health care professional interested in the impacts of heat on health, especially for people living with multiple long-term conditions?

Applications invited for the Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals.

Project details:
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Apply here:
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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All of Scotland has water scarcity after driest period in 60 years - BBC News
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All of Scotland has water scarcity after driest period in 60 years
Sepa has warned that 11 bodies of water in Scotland are reaching significant levels of water scarcity.
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How and why can communications and marketing enable or hinder the translation of climate concern into climate action?

We seek to commission qualitative research aims for a more nuanced understanding of the intention-action gap with regard to climate change. www.climatexchange.org.uk/research-cal...
Call for proposals: Bridging the gap between climate concern and climate action. Deadline: 13 June 2025
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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New paper exploring linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns, and wellbeing outcomes in England

Led by Jonathan Olsen @uofgshw.bsky.social @vkatikireddi.bsky.social @gergobaranyi.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns and experiences, and wellbeing outcomes in England
The global health community recognises climate change as a public health emergency due to its direct and indirect impacts on health and wellbeing. This study explores sociodemographic differences i...
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Heading to the Scottish Parliament this morning to speak at a SPICe breakfast seminar on climate change and health. 🌡🔥
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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Richard Shaw

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📣Calling our mid-career researchers: Our MCR sub-committee is hosting a webinar on practical tips for aspiring Principal Investigators!📣

In this 2hour workshop, Profs Simon Capewell & Ruth Dundas will share insights on planning + managing projects to improve your capability as a PI

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Practical tips for aspiring PIs
Congratulations! You, a first-time PI have been awarded £500K. What do you now??
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Please share!

🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland

Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions

Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself

Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.

Open to UK students only.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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This @medresfdn.bsky.social funded study led by @drcenz.bsky.social explores the impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing in Kenya.

#EarthDay2025 🌍 #ClimateAnxiety

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Medical Research Foundation | Coming to terms with climate change
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Climate change is a global health crisis – affecting not just physical but also mental health.

For #EarthDay 2025, we take a look at a recent Foundation-funded study, led by @drcenz.bsky.social, that explores the impacts of climate change on mental health & overall wellbeing.

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Medical Research Foundation | Coming to terms with climate change
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by Naomi Klein — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Jan Čermák, Joseph A. McCartin , and 2 more

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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."

No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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📢 New publication out today in BMJ Mental Health.

We looked at whether climate change worry is associated with an increased risk of future depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance across European countries, using data from the European Social Survey.

mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Climate change worry and the association with future depression and anxiety: cross-national analysis of 11 European countries
Background Climate change affects people’s mental health directly and indirectly. Climate anxiety, characterised by persistent worry and distress about environmental changes, is increasingly recognise...
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"When students thought that the university was not taking their concerns seriously enough, this was linked to higher anxiety levels"

Fascinating preprint suggests "universities have a responsibility to protect students’ wellbeing through climate mitigation"
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Keep posted: we’ll be advertising two fully funded PhDs soon on (1) inequalities, poverty and suicide risk and (2) suicide risk in agricultural communities
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

drcenz.bsky.social
🚨 Just in case anyone missed this, at the end of last year we published a glossary article for climate change & mental health research. Please share.

doi.org/10.1136/jech...
Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being
Climate change is a major threat to global health. Its effects on physical health are increasingly recognised, but mental health impacts have received less attention. The mental health effects of clim...
doi.org
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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

drcenz.bsky.social
New paper, led by Jon Olsen @uofgshw.bsky.social, exploring how projected climate change will vary geographically & by population sub-group in England, to assess whether these changes will affect existing health inequalities.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sociodemographic and geographic inequalities in exposure to projected hot and extreme summer days in England: A nationwide socio-spatial analysis
Climate change is a global health emergency, with extreme heat events increasing morbidity, mortality, and hospitalisations, and exacerbating health a…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
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by Elisabetta Aurino — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Graham Moon, Tia Palermo , and 4 more

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The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night

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by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Brulo is good
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DHS surveys—essential to global health infrastructure—make you describe a project before you can download data.

My students are reporting nobody is responding anymore.

1. If you have DHS data downloaded, hang on to it!
2. Has anyone started consolidating these in case they disappear completely?
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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites

#burningbooks #climatecrisis
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Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites
Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts
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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Kristie L. Ebi, Tatiana Ilyina

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Have you ever wondered if the global leadership on climate would be less depressing if we had more Luisas and fewer Elons? With gender equality backsliding everywhere, it’s super important to stress its role in addressing the climate crisis. A 🧵 on our new paper on gender equality & scenarios:
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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Caroline M. King

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Please share!

Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.

Are you passionate about understanding & preventing suicide?
If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities - Nature Medicine
Modeled analyses of 854 European cities show that net temperature-related mortality will increase because of an increase in heat-related mortality exceeding future reductions in cold-related mortality...
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I wrote this on this day ten years ago. It has become a necessary ritual to share it again each year and to remember for those who no longer can.
On not going to Auschwitz
It is thirty years since I didn’t go to Auschwitz. The memory of not going has never left me. In 1985, I was living in Kraków, just 40 miles on the slow stopping train from Oświęcim. I could …
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by Ed Hawkins — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz

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A Met Office and Met Eireann 'red' warning for wind tomorrow for Ireland and parts of Scotland due to #StormEowyn. Very windy everywhere over the UK at times.

Might be a working from home day if you can. A very low central pressure below 940mb is possible.

Image: earth.nullschool.net
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by Katharine Hayhoe — Reposted by Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Peter Stoett

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One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)
Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU
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