Alessandro Massazza

A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...

🌡️ Out today! The first-ever review on how #MentalHealth features in Heat Health Action Plans is out now in #CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports!

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#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing

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Protecting our lungs and brains: Raising the profile of mental health at the WHO Second Conference on Air Pollution and Health  - United for Global Mental Health

🌫️The air we breathe, day in and day out, impacts every organ of our body, from our lungs to our brains

📖At the @who.int Second Conference on Air Pollution and Health we plan to highlight the impacts of air pollution on MH + the MH co-benefits from clean air policies

unitedgmh.org/the-global-a...

Association between climate related hazards and depression among coastal communities in Indonesia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Association between climate related hazards and depression among coastal communities in Indonesia

🌊There is very little evidence on the association betwen sea-level rise & mental health

📈New study using nationally-representative sample in Indonesia found people living in coastline hazard areas had 1.13 higher odds of experiencing symptoms of depression

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate and Health Survey - Climate and Health Survey

📢 If you’re a health worker, scientist, innovator, policymaker, or humanitarian working in a low- or middle-income country, your insights are critical to shaping solutions on climate and health

📝 Take the survey by #GrandChallengesCanada now: grand-challenges-canada.foleon.com/climate-and-...

Association of ambient temperatures with suicide attempts and violence with the future projections under climate change scenarios: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study in South Korea - BM... Background Both climate change and intentional injuries (suicide attempts and violence) are recognized as crucial factors that affect human health. Previous studies revealed the association between am...

🌡️New study looks at associations btw temperatures & suicide attempts under different climate scenarios in South Korea

📈Historical (2005-2019) excess suicide attempts due to temperature is 11% and expected to grow with climate change, up to 14.35%

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Report: As Deadline Looms, Countries Must Plug Health Gaps in National Climate Commitments New research published today by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) demonstrates that while governments are giving greater priority to health when setting national climate policies, they hav...

🚀This year, countries are submitting their 3rd iteration of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): climate action plans under the Paris Agreement

🔎The @gchalliance.bsky.social released today a report on how health features into current NDCs:
climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas...

Guest post: How climate change is causing ‘ecological grief’ for farmers in Ghana - Carbon Brief Mental health problems induced, in part, by climate change are becoming increasingly common as the world warms

👩‍🌾 The mental health of farmers in the context of climate change has received little attention to date, with little evidence from low- & middle-income countries

🥬 This recent qualitative study of farmers in the Upper West region of Ghana is a helpful exception

www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...

Become a Fellow Are you interested in joining the next cohort of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism? Learn more about applying.

✒️ Are you a journalist interested in covering the intersection of climate change and mental health?

🏆 #TheCarterCenter is offering domestic and international fellowships on the topic

📆 Deadline for application: Friday, April 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET

mentalhealthjournalism.org/become-a-fel...

Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: A Mapping of International Finance Flows from 2018–2022 This report highlights the urgent need to address the health impacts of climate change, providing the most comprehensive analysis to date on global financing trends, which show a ten-fold increase in ...

💰New report by #FoundationS, #ReachingTheLastMile & #TheRockefellerFoundation provides most comprehensive analysis of financing for climate & health

👍7.1$ billion have been committed

👎<50% of this funding has gone to low-income countries + MH absent

www.rockefellerfoundation.org/report/resou...

How Los Angeles wildfire smoke affects mental health Wildfire smoke is linked to health issues like heart attacks and strokes. Research is helping us understand its impacts on our wellbeing

🔥As wildfires continue to impact #LosAngeles, it's important to highlight how wildfires smoke can impact MH, and what people can do to protect themselves

😶‍🌫️Useful article in @theguardian.com highlights the nascent body of research linking air pollution and MH

www.theguardian.com/wellness/art...