Protecting Mental Health Amid Climate Challenges: Tip Sheets for Employees & Employers
Practical advice to help your team members manage their mental health in the face of extreme weather.
Extreme weather is impacting our mental health.
Our changing climate has been linked to severe mental health conditions, and most Americans experience stress, anxiety, or depression as a result of weather-related events, such as extreme heat, wildfires, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and drought.
As employers, you can play an important role in improving the resilience and well-being of your workforce. Extreme Weather + Work is pleased to share these resources to help you support your workers.
“Protecting Employee Mental Health Amid Climate Challenges” is a tip sheet for employers that breaks down the mental health impacts associated with climate change; explains how they affect worker health and productivity; and provides easy-to-follow strategies to support employee mental health and resilience.
“Protecting Your Mental Health Amid Climate Challenges” is a tip sheet for employees, packed with practical advice to help manage climate-related anxiety and support mental health.
We invite employers and managers to share these resources with your teams as part of your efforts to support workers before, during, and after extreme weather.
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Extreme Weather + Work is an initiative of the Health Action Alliance. We bring together leaders who rarely sit in the same room and connect them with peers across industries, giving them the research and tools they need to support their people before, during, and after extreme weather. Our work is advised by the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, a board of experts spanning business, health, climate, and policy.
The Health Action Alliance is the nation's largest employer network advancing public health. We help companies navigate evolving health challenges, strengthen workforce well-being, and partner with public health organizations to build stronger, healthier communities. HAA's network includes more than 11,000 employers nationwide, collectively reaching over 50 million workers and their families. We believe good health is good business, and we equip employers with the tools, partnerships, and strategies to deliver on that promise.