Understanding Climate Anxiety

Geoff Beattie (Edge Hill University, UK)

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English

Routledge
02 July 2025

Social, group or collective psychology; Abnormal psychology; Global warming

Series: BPS Ask The Experts in Psychology Series

How should we react to climate anxiety? This accessible book discusses anxiety and other emotions brought on by climate change, examining what climate anxiety is, why it is becoming so prevalent and how it differs from other types of anxiety.

Written by an expert psychologist, the book examines why climate anxiety is developing so rapidly, particularly in younger people. It looks at how it can manifest differently—sometimes as hopelessness or despair, and sometimes as anger which can serve as a catalyst for action. The book dives into the nuance around climate anxiety, questioning what we can do about it or whether climate anxiety should be pathologized at all, given the very real threat of climate change. It considers cognitive biases that underlie information processing and discusses how politics and interest groups affect people’s views. Seeking to understand the polarisation that occurs around this topic, the book suggests how we might alleviate climate anxiety without minimising serious concern about climate change.

This highly topical book will be of great interest to students of psychology, environmental science and social science. It will also be of interest to psychologists, mental health professionals and climate communicators, as well as anyone interested in learning more about climate anxiety.

By: Geoff Beattie (Edge Hill University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781032616766
ISBN 10: 1032616768
Series: BPS Ask The Experts in Psychology Series
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 02 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE ANXIETY.. 1 Acknowledgments:. 5 PART 1:. 6 The context of climate anxiety. 6 Chapter 1: 7 Introduction: What is climate anxiety?. 7 Chapter 2: 48 Shouldn’t we all have climate anxiety?. 48 Chapter 3: 55 Do helplines actually help us when it comes to climate anxiety?. 55 Chapter 4: 62 Is climate anxiety made worse by other global crises?. 62 Part 2:. 72 Climate anxiety and the brain. 72 Chapter 5: 73 Why can’t people make up their mind about climate change?. 73 Chapter 6: 90 Why don’t we do more?. 90 Chapter 7: 111 Can models of anxiety help us understand climate anxiety?. 111 PART 3: 125 Contesting climate anxiety/contesting climate change. 125 Chapter 8: 126 Why do people claim climate change is fake news?. 126 Chapter 9: 150 How can people stay happy with climate change?. 150 Chapter 10: 166 Is there a stigma surrounding climate anxiety?. 166 PART 4:. 182 Thinking of the future. 182 Chapter 11: 183 New horizons?. 183 References: 210

Geoff Beattie is Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University and Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK. He is a prize-winning psychologist, author and broadcaster with a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge. He was awarded the Spearman Medal by the British Psychological Society for ‘published psychological research of outstanding merit'. He has published over one hundred academic articles in a range of journals including Nature, Nature Climate Change, Environment and Behavior, and Semiotica. Beattie has acted as a consultant to various international organisations with a focus on sustainability, including Unilever, the Leadership Vanguard (established by the CEO of Unilever), and the Born Free Foundation. He is also a member of the International Panel on Behavior Change (IPBC) which aims to collect and integrate knowledge and evidence on environmentally-related behaviour change.

Reviews for Understanding Climate Anxiety

""One of the most substantive books of our time on climate change and its psychological effects on humankind. A must-read on a global scale that offers both insight and validation on climate anxiety's place in the quest for mental health."" Vanessa Botelho, Professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism, City University of New York, and two-time Emmy Award winner for news coverage. ""Geoffrey Beattie is a household name in various areas, from fiction to psychology and environmental science. His books, fictional and scientific, are hard to put down when one starts reading them. They are insightful and delectable at once. This book is another triumph and may well be one of his best. This is more than a brilliant book—scary and enlightening at the same time. I could not put it down, reading it twice in a row. This is required reading for everyone—it truly is."" Professor Marcel Danesi, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. ""Understanding Climate Anxiety is an insightful, thought-provoking and disturbing book. This book outlines the psychological science behind climate anxiety in an accessible and committed way and critically considers climate anxiety in context. This issue affects us all. A must read; ignorance cannot be an option."" Professor David Gibson OBE, entrepreneur. Author of the ‘E-Factor:The 21st Century Guide to Entrepreneurial Thinking’ (Wiley).