A Psychological Perspective on Climate Stress in Coastal India

Abstract

We (psychologists) must seek out and interact with the other sustainability science players. We must tell the economists, technologists, and climate modellers what psychology can do. The climate scientists are merely the messengers, the technologists merely make machines, and the economists still think largely in terms of pricing. Without the help of psychological science, these disciplines, although valuable in their own ways, will not be able to ameliorate the impacts of climate change (Gifford 2008: 279)