A visual guide to evaluating intervention outcomes
There are a lot of interventions out there that address climate change anxiety. For each intervention we identify whether it is likely to have a beneficial, detrimental, or neutral impact on individual, social, and environmental outcomes, based on existing empirical evidence.
Below, we use a colour-coding system to provide a quick visual guide for the intervention impact on a particular group of outcomes. Click on the group of outcomes that you are interested in to see the interventions and their impact on those outcomes. You can also click on individual interventions to access practical resources on how to engage in them, as well as empirical evidence that underlies our evaluation.
Colour codes:
| Direct evidence of beneficial outcome | |
| Indirect evidence of beneficial outcome | |
| Direct evidence of detrimental outcome | |
| Direct evidence of mixed outcome | |
| No evidence |
Group of outcomes
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Intervention type Examples Individual Social Environmental Non-avoidant coping - Problem-focused coping
- Meaning-focused coping
- Developing active coping skills
Nature - Active travel
- Environmental stewardship
- Eco-psychology
- Implementing eco-health principles
- Spending time in and connecting with nature
Adaptation - Promoting psychological adaptation
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Intervention type Examples Individual Social Environmental Resilience - Building individual resilience
- Psychological preparedness intervention
Self-perception - Promoting feelings of mastery and self-efficacy
- Prompting reflection
Reassurance - Reassuring children and young people
that they are protected and cared for
Medication - Oral fluoxetine, clonazepam, olanzapine
Psychological therapy - Individual and group therapy
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Stress inoculation training
- Danger ideation reduction therapy
Role-modelling - Role-modelling on coping with
climate change anxiety for children
Counselling - Grief/loss counselling
- Crisis counselling
Creative pursuits - Arts and creative writing
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Intervention type Examples Individual Social Environmental Education - Climate literacy
- Risk communication
- Promoting mental health benefits
of environmental conservation