Discussing climate change and mental health in 'The Drawing Room'

Extreme weather events and climate change are having an increasing impact on mental health.

Research indicates that the less politicians agree on responses to climate change, the more people worry about future impacts.

Professor Ian Hickie is Director of the Brain & Mind Institute, which is leading a lot of the research.

And what of the climate scientists who are faced with the facts of climate change on a daily basis?

Kevin Walsh and Ailie Gallant have both taken part in the Is This How You Feel? project. A global collaboration documenting the emotional responses of climate scientists.

They join Patricia Karvelas in The Drawing Room on Radio National.

Listen to the RN program - “Climate change and mental health”.