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CLIMATE CHANGE EMOTIONS · KNOWLEDGE FOR EVERYONE
Public engagement
Climate emotions — from research to everyday conversations.
How do we feel about climate change? How can we talk about these feelings, and what do we know about their relationship with action? Explore articles, videos, podcasts and educational resources sharing knowledge from our project.
For curious readers, educators and professionals working with people.
Language note: the linked articles, videos and podcasts are in Polish, as indicated on each card. The descriptions and translated titles on this page are in English. An English version of our project report is available below.
REPORT · 2025 · ENGLISH / POLISH
Climate
change
emotions
Research findings.
Tools.
Educational activities.
START HERE
Explore the project in one report
An accessible, illustrated overview of our research and public engagement activities. Discover how we developed tools for studying climate emotions and shared this knowledge through workshops, lectures and media conversations.
The report also links to data, publications and resources for education and professional practice. Available in English and Polish.
01 · ARTICLES AND RESOURCES
Read
From personal experiences to experimental findings — choose a topic that interests you. The resources in this section are in Polish.
CHARAKTERY · IN POLISH · 8-MINUTE READ
Climate depression — responding to the pain of the world
On sorrow, anxiety, anger and powerlessness in a changing world. Dominika Zaremba explores the range of climate emotions and how they may relate to everyday functioning and engagement.
Charaktery, May–June 2025, pp. 68–71. Article and magazine cover in Polish. The full text is available to subscribers on the publisher’s website.
NAUKA O KLIMACIE · IN POLISH · 6-MINUTE READ
How do we feel in the face of the climate crisis?
What feelings emerge when we think about climate change? An introduction to research on their diversity and to the Inventory of Climate Emotions.
NAUKA O KLIMACIE · IN POLISH · 7-MINUTE READ
Do emotions lead to action?
What did experiments using climate stories reveal, and why does an emotional message not always increase people’s willingness to make sacrifices?
EURONEWS · IN POLISH · ARTICLE
Emotions, loss and climate change
A conversation about grief associated with changes in nature, climate emotions and what may support engagement.
TEXTBOOK · IN POLISH · OPEN ACCESS
Klimatyczne ABC
An interdisciplinary introduction to climate change. Magdalena Budziszewska, a member of our team, is a contributing author and scientific editor of this Polish-language textbook.
02 · FILMS AND CONVERSATIONS
Watch
Go behind the scenes of our research and explore conversations about the psychology of climate change. All recordings in this section are in Polish.
DOCUMENTARY · MICHAŁ KURYŁEK · IN POLISH · APPROX. 10 MIN
Are we programmed for self-destruction?
A short film about how we study climate emotions and decisions affecting the environment. It introduces the methods and questions behind our experiments.
PULSAR · VIDEO PODCAST · IN POLISH · APPROX. 50 MIN
Climate change needs to be told as a story
A conversation with Dominika Zaremba about how we talk about climate change and how we experience it.
BABKA NATURA · EPISODE 83 · IN POLISH · APPROX. 54 MIN
How does climate change affect the mind, brain and body?
A conversation with Dominika Zaremba about the psychological and bodily dimensions of experiencing climate change.
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · IN POLISH · APPROX. 68 MIN
A o tym PAN słyszał? Climate emotions
Małgorzata Wierzba and Dominika Zaremba talk with Łukasz Okruszek about climate emotions and how researchers study them.
SWPS UNIVERSITY · IN POLISH · 54 MIN
Climate under pressure
Activism, manipulation and growing anxiety. Jarosław Michałowski, Dominika Zaremba and Szymon Bujalski discuss climate action.
03 · PODCASTS AND RADIO
Listen
Conversations to return to on a walk, while travelling or in a quiet moment. All podcasts and radio programmes in this section are in Polish.
JAK ŻYĆ · JULIA E. WAHL · IN POLISH · APPROX. 51 MIN
Climate emotions — a conversation with Dominika Zaremba
Episode 15 of Julia E. Wahl’s podcast Jak żyć (“How to live”). A conversation about emotions associated with climate change and the place they occupy in our lives.
HOMO SCIENCE · TOK FM · IN POLISH · 25 MIN
How do our emotions affect global warming?
Artur Marchewka and Dominika Zaremba discuss climate emotion research, how these emotions are measured, and their relationship with engagement.
HOMO SCIENCE · TOK FM · IN POLISH · 26 MIN
Climate emotions: why do scientists study them?
The second conversation in the series created with Crazy Nauka — about research questions and what neuroimaging can help us understand.
A O TYM PAN SŁYSZAŁ? · IN POLISH · APPROX. 68 MIN
Discover climate emotions
A conversation with Małgorzata Wierzba and Dominika Zaremba. This is the episode also featured in the “Watch” section; you can listen without following the video.
MEETINGS AND EDUCATION
Sharing knowledge beyond publications
We shared the project’s findings through workshops, lectures and meetings with people interested in climate change.
2 workshops
Poznań and Warsaw, 2024. The workshops combined research findings with exercises, role-play and examples of conversations about difficult climate emotions.
26 participants
Participants included mental health professionals, educators, decision-makers and representatives of non-governmental organisations.
POZNAŃ · 15 NOVEMBER 2024
Climate emotions in children and young people
A workshop for professionals and educators, featuring practical examples of supportive conversations, responding to difficult experiences and building a sense of agency.
WARSAW · 29 APRIL 2024
The project’s closing event
Researchers, activists and representatives of non-governmental organisations met at the Nencki Institute. Lectures were accompanied by discussions and activities introducing our research methods.
Activity descriptions draw on the GRIEG project summary, the public engagement report and the team’s accounts. The figures refer to the workshops described in the report. The linked workshop and event reports are in Polish; the project report above is also available in English.
EXPLORE YOUR OWN EMOTIONS
How do you feel about climate change?
Complete the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE) and reflect on your responses. The linked questionnaire app is in Polish.
GO TO THE SOURCES
Want to explore the research?
Scientific publications and research materials let you trace the evidence behind the findings presented here.
An archive of resources related to the Climate Change Emotions project and the continued sharing of its findings. Linked articles, videos, podcasts, magazine covers and video thumbnails are in Polish unless otherwise indicated. External resources open in new tabs. Access to some content is subject to the publisher’s terms.