Climate Resilience and Mental Health Initiatives Library

The Climate Resilience and Mental Health Initiatives Library showcases programs working at the intersection of climate change and mental wellbeing. Each profile below summarizes an initiative’s goals, activities, populations served, and approach to building resilience, offering a practical reference for communities, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers who want to learn from and connect with this emerging field.

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FAQ

  • This library includes initiatives that address both climate impacts and mental health, broadly defined. Entries may describe support groups, school programs, community organizing, nature-based activities, clinical or psychosocial interventions, Indigenous and culturally grounded practices, advocacy efforts, or other models that link climate realities with emotional, social, or psychological support.

  • Initiatives are submitted by organizations, community groups, networks, practitioners, and other leaders responding to climate-related mental health needs. The information in each profile is based on what contributors share through the registry and is summarized to provide a consistent and comparable overview across programs.

  • Profiles are created using a standard template that draws on key details from each submission, including program purpose, location, target populations, core activities, inclusion and accessibility strategies, outcomes, and guiding principles. This approach provides enough detail to understand each initiative while keeping entries concise and easy to scan.

  • You can use the library to identify examples that are relevant to your context, explore different program models, and find potential collaborators or learning partners. The profiles are intended as a starting point for deeper engagement. Where contact information or links are provided, you can reach out directly to the organization to learn more, request materials, or explore partnership opportunities.

  • If you are leading or supporting a climate resilience and mental health initiative that you would like to see included, or if you need to update information about an existing profile, please contact the MHCCA team at team@mhcca.ca. You will receive information about the submission process so that your initiative can be reviewed and added or updated in a consistent format.

  • Inclusion in this library does not constitute formal endorsement or evaluation by the MHCCA or its partners. Profiles are descriptive, not ratings or recommendations. Where programs report evidence, evaluation findings, or theoretical foundations, this information is presented as provided by contributors and should be interpreted in context.