The Climate and Environment Psychology Division provides a home within PsySSA for psychological research, practice, action and public engagement focused on the relationship between people and the environment. With particular attention to climate change and other environmental concerns, the Division brings psychological perspectives into conversations about how environmental change affects individuals, communities and society across Southern Africa.

The Division works to strengthen climate and environmental psychology through:

• Research: Supporting and sharing psychological research on relationships between people, climate and the environment.
• Professional Learning: Providing science communication, webinars, podcasts, micro-skills training and continuing professional development opportunities.
• Community Engagement: Creating opportunities for psychologists to participate in community-based activities and public advocacy.
• Collaboration: Building connections between researchers, practitioners, activists, policymakers, professional organisations and communities.
• Policy and Public Engagement: Contributing psychological perspectives to discussions about climate and environmental change in South Africa.
• Context and Social Inequality: Recognising how coloniality, capitalism, sexism, racism and other forms of inequality intersect with people’s experiences of environmental change.