Children & Youth Mental Health: Climate Week 2024
Thank you to the American Public Health Association and the Climate Mental Health Network for co-hosting a session at Climate Week in New York City focusing on youth mental health. Centering the voices of Gen Z climate advocates, this session offered updates on the research on climate & mental health as well as resources for local and national action.
The speakers include:
- Nina Dietz, Freelance Journalist, Inside Climate News
- Sarah Newman, Executive Director, Climate Mental Health Network
- Elissa Teles Munoz, Climate Mental Health Network
- Natalie Heller, Climate Mental Health Network
- Allison Su, Research Assistant, Barnard College
- Eric Lewandowski, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- Ben Fulgencio-Turner, Director, Climate for Health
- Katherine Catalano, Deputy Director of the Center of Climate, Health & Equity, APHA
To learn more about resources for youth mental health and climate change, please check out the below links:
- ecoAmerica & American Psychological Association: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report 2023
- Climate Mental Health Network Resources
- APHA Climate & Youth Education Toolkit
- APHA ECO Bookworms Club
About the Author
Ben Fulgencio-Turner is the Director of ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health program.
Additional Resources
Apply or Nominate: American Climate Leadership Awards 2025
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report 2023