Climate change offers research and practice challenges for all psychologists. In every area of psychological science there are opportunities to research environment related issues.
Some examples include the relationship between PTSD and memory, impact of trauma on children's development, community resilience, heat stress and cognitive performance, relationship between temperature, aggression, and conflict, benefits of restorative environments, adapting to lower levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, transition towns, sustainable consumption, heat stress and the elderly, effects of vicarious distress related to environmental threats on general wellbeing.
There is great scope for different areas of psychology to work collaboratively together on climate related issues.
There is also a need to work in inter/transdisciplinary modes with other disciplines and professions such as educators, environmental scientists, engineers, architects and planners.
We need to seek out and interact with other professions and let them know what psychology can contribute.
Students can seek supervisors who are interested in working on environment related projects.