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Ed Webb

Mental stress on rise as coastal towns confront surging climate threats | PLACE - 0 views

  • one of the harshest realities about climate change is that the future will not look like the past ... It will never be as safe, it will never be as secure and you will never be able to build the way your grandparents did
  • Dealing with worsening land losses can take a massive toll on communities who are preparing to uproot themselves as their homes vanish under their feet
  • an enormous amount of grief
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  • with the United States only starting to grapple with climate-induced retreat, the notion that it will bring about a unique set of mental health issues is barely on the map
  • "we have not turned adaptation (to climate change) into a trauma-informed field"
  • The new and growing category of professionals whose work involves planning for and dealing with worsening natural disasters as a result of climate change will face their own trauma
  • About 80% of Americans who assist climate-vulnerable coastal and urban communities in dealing with growing threats say they have experienced burnout in their work
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