Sectors and Themes
Health
Scale
National
Resource Type
Guidance and Frameworks
Expertise Level
Practitioner
Language
English
Developer or Source
United for Global Mental Health (UGMH)
The objective of this briefing paper is to provide policy makers with an overview of mental health in Nationally Determined Contributions to date as well as possible entry points for the inclusion of mental health in NDCs.
Key highlights include:
- The majority of NDCs include mental health in the context of highlighting the negative impacts of climate change on mental health but very few expand on which actions and responses countries are implementing in order to safeguard mental health from the impacts of climate change.
- The submission of ambitious mitigation targets as part of the NDCs is fundamental to protect mental health from the impacts of climate change.
- From agriculture to transport, from education to waste; addressing climate change across sectors within NDCs can help unlock extensive co-benefits for mental health.