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Exploring Climate Emotions in Canada's Provincial North
Lindsay P Galway1, Thomas Beery2
1Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in Psychology
|July 11, 2022
Summary
Climate change evokes strong emotions like worry and frustration, particularly in Canada's Provincial North. Research found gender differences in emotional responses, highlighting the need to address climate anxiety.
Area of Science:
- Environmental psychology
- Climate change impacts
- Social science research
Background:
- Growing concern over mental and emotional impacts of climate change.
- Climate emotions influence health, action, and engagement.
- Focus on Canada's Provincial North: vulnerable, remote, and resource-dependent.
Purpose of the Study:
- Describe climate emotions in Canada's Provincial North.
- Examine socio-demographic relationships with climate emotions.
- Assess the Climate Emotion Scale (CES) reliability.
Main Methods:
- Postal survey (N=627) in Thunder Bay, ON, and Prince George, BC.
- Analysis of climate emotions and socio-demographic variables.
- Utilized the Climate Emotion Scale (CES).
Main Results:
- High overall emotional response to climate change.
- Worry and frustration were the most reported emotions.
- Significant differences in climate emotions between men and women.
Conclusions:
- Climate emotions are prevalent in Canada's Provincial North.
- Findings relevant to marginalized and climate-vulnerable regions.
- CES is a reliable tool for measuring climate emotions.
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