The Nexus between Climate Change, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Pacific Peoples

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Jemaima Tiatia-Seath ◽  
Yvonne Underhill-Sem ◽  
Alistair Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
Rising Sea Levels

An estimated 75 million people from the Asia-Pacific region will be forced to migrate by 2050 as a result of climate change. Moreover, New Zealand and Australia will become a potential relocation destination for many Pacific peoples.This call to action is timely, as New Zealand's current government is proposing to provide climate migration visas for Pacific peoples displaced by rising sea levels. The post-migration experience of recent migrants is important in the resettlement process and the sociocultural conditions of a host country can have powerful influence on their mental health and wellbeing. 

Red Alert: Climate Change and Public Health in the Asia Pacific Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 810-811
Author(s):  
Colin Binns ◽  
Wah Yun Low ◽  
Victor Chee Wai Hoe
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region

scholarly journals Stories of Loss and Healing: Connecting Non-Economic Losses and Damages with Gendered Wellbeing Erosion in the Asia-Pacific Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson ◽  
Alvin Chandra ◽  
Karen E. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Loss And Damage

Abstract It is well-known that the climatic impacts affect women and men differently. However, more empirical evidence illustrating how, where, when and who are needed to help address gendered vulnerability. Specifically, research investigating the connections between mental health, wellbeing, and climate change can foster responses to avert, minimise and address loss and damage impacts on vulnerable populations. Few studies explore climate-induced mental health impacts, although this is a crucial area for the conceptual framing of non-economic loss and damage. Declining mental health and wellbeing is at the core of non-economic losses taking place all over the world. The existing literature body recognises the disproportionate environmental impacts on women, this study explores non-economic loss related to mental health and wellbeing for women in the Global South. The article uses empirical storytelling and narratives gathered through field work conducted in Bangladesh, Fiji and Vanuatu. The research findings described how climate change risks and extreme weather events negatively impacts women’s mental health and wellbeing, while providing proactive recommendations to address the gendered mental health consequences of climate change.

scholarly journals Guest Editorial: Climate Displacement in the Pacific – Special Forum

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bridget Lewis ◽  
Rowena Maguire ◽  
MD Saiful Karim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Migration Pathways

<em>This issue of the QUT Law Review features a collection of papers on the topic of climate displacement in the Pacific. The collection arose out of a symposium held at QUT in May 2014 and co-hosted by the Faculty of Law and Friends of the Earth. The focus of the symposium was on the potential of pre-emptive migration pathways to address the challenges of climate change-related displacement in the Asia-Pacific region. The guest editors wish to thank Wendy Flannery of Friends of the Earth (Brisbane) for her hard work in organising the symposium and her ongoing commitment to this serious issue.</em>

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