Are you an expert on climate change and mental health?

Get involved in scoping a future global indicator on mental health and climate change. 

Mental health and climate change indicator development

Climate change is increasingly affecting the mental health of people worldwide. However, annually tracking the mental health impacts of climate change through reliable indicators remains a major challenge. This complex area of work requires cross-disciplinary and in-depth expertise. 

In response, the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is convening a workshop to explore areas of progress, needs and opportunities for the development of a global indicator on mental health and climate change. The workshop will bring together experts on mental health and climate change from across the world, to scope opportunities, constraints and potential ways forward for the development of a scientifically rigorous indicator on mental health and climate change, to be featured in future Lancet Countdown reports.

Register now!

If you are an expert in this field and would like to contribute to this effort, please sign up through the links below to join us either on Tuesday 27 January at 20:00-21:30 GMT or on Thursday 29 January 09:00-10:30 GMT. These workshops will follow an identical format, enabling participation across time zones.

We look forward to seeing you there!

• OPTION 1: 27 Jan 20:00-21:30 GMT 
• OPTION 2: 29 Jan 09:00-10:30 GMT

What is a Lancet Countdown indicator?

The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration, using indicators to provide an overview of the relationship between public health and climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks the world’s response to climate change, and the health benefits that emerge from this transition.

Each year, a report is produced to provide sound scientific evidence in the field, coupled with policy engagement and strategic communication, which have become increasingly influential. The report comprises indicators spanning a range of disciplines and expertise. Each indicator in the Lancet Countdown’s assessment must:

• Track an aspect of the relationship between health and climate change, well evidenced in the literature and not adequately covered through other indicators in the report.
• Utilise data from a reliable source, available at adequate temporal and spatial scales to enable trends to be observed at a global level.
• Be updatable periodically, ideally annually or more regularly.