Conference to focus on psychology and climate

Psychology for
 a safe climate.
 

A group of psychologists and caring professionals are working together to help the community psychologically understand climate change and encourage strong and urgent action on the dilemma.

The Melbourne-based group has set up “Psychology for a Safe Climate” and has its 2013 conference on October 12 and 13.

In organizing the conference the group asked: “How can psychology and the social sciences help us face the reality of climate change?”

“How can we understand and move beyond the current stalemate, - indeed the current apathy – towards the reality of climate change. How can we foster collective engagement to urgently and effectively tackle climate change?” it asks.

The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners and writers in psychology and the social science to examine the prevailing dynamics of climate change.
Details of the event are available from the group’s website: http://www.psychologyforasafeclimate.org/