Sustainability and Climate Change
Motivated by compassion, we can tackle the climate crisis. Compassion gives us the will, courage, and wisdom to make the kind of wholesale changes to society and economics that this challenge demands. Led by compassion for ourselves we can also self-soothe and comfort in response to the very natural anxiety invoked by climate change thereby ensuring we have the resilience and resources necessary for action.
VIDEOS
KEY PAPERS
- All Post
- Climate
We will only overcome the existential crises we face with big and transformative change
2022
Mamphela Ramphele
Earth4All
Climate sceptics can be pushed into further sceticism by too much focus on the victims of climate change
2013
Markowitz, E., Slovic, P., Vastfjall, D., Hodges, S
Judgement and Decision Making
Appeals to compassion increase support for action on climate change
2016
Lu, H., Schuldt, J
Journal of Environmental Psychology
The more compassionate we are the more likely to support proenvironmental policies
2015
Pfattheicher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Schindler, S
Environment and Behaviour
