Links & Resources on Coaching and Climate

With thanks to Zoe Cohen for compiling much of this information and for running a number of webinars for APECS.

Here are the links to the series of Zoe's webinars:

Climate and ecological science/the facts

David Attenborough “Climate Change: The Facts”, FULL EPISODE, BBC:

David Attenborough “Climate Change – The Facts”, BBC (4 min version):

Over 11,000 of the World’s Scientists Warn of a Climate Emergency:

Climate and ecological breakdown science summary:

‘Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts’ – article by McKinseys, January 2020:

Climate emergency action required:

We are the last generation who can act:

Climate tipping points which are key to understand:

What a 4 degree C rise in global average temperatures would mean for humans:

The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells article:

Fossil fuel lobbying and obfuscation:

Fossil fuel lobbying and obfuscation:

Sixth mass extinction/IPBES report:

Sixth mass extinction/IPBES report:

Nature and mental health:

Humans have driven global heating not natural factors:

What are other professions doing in this area? Some examples:

Psychologists

Climate Psychology Alliance:

Psychologists from 40 countries pledged to use their jobs to address climate change:

Proclamation by Inaugural International Summit on Psychology’s Contributions to Global Health:


Psychotherapists

UKCP Journal issue dedicated to the theme of climate change and mental health, and the role of psychotherapists:

Peter Hawkins and Judy Ryde 2020 book:

OD practitioners

Organisation Development in a Changing Climate (article):

Organisation Development in a Changing Climate (event):

Nurses

Royal College of Nursing issues commitment to tackling climate emergency:

Doctors

Lancet Editor: Protesting Climate Change Is a Doctor’s Duty:

Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists:

Architects

Architects Climate Action Network:

Engineers

Engineers Declare Climate Emergency:

Business Leaders

Business Declares a Climate Emergency:

Local Authority Leaders

Climate emergency declarations in 1,318 jurisdictions and local governments cover 810 million citizens:

What have coaches been doing or starting? Some examples:

Zoe Cohen’s Article ‘Where were all the coaches when the planet warmed by 3 degrees?’ from Jan 2019:

Open Letter to Coaches, the Coaching & Coaching Psychology Professional Bodies and Coach Educators written and published jointly by Zoe Cohen, Alison Whybrow and Linda Aspey (summer 2019):

15 minute YouTube video talking through Zoe Cohen’s ‘Climate Conscious Coach’ model:

An alliance of coaches and coaching bodies, founded by Dr Alison Whybrow, Dr Josie McLean and Eve Turner called the ‘Climate Coaching Alliance’:

The Global Supervisors’ Network has established a subgroup, focusing on ‘How we include the non-human world in our reflective practice sessions and supervision sessions’:

A number of individuals and bodies came together to run a 24 hour ‘Climate Coaching Action Day’ on 5 March 2020:

Alison Whybrow article in Coaching at Work magazine on ‘Regenerative Coaching’ Nov 6, 2019:

Peter Hawkins and Eve Turner’s book, 2020:

ICF Australasia, Panel Discussion to assist Coaches and others effectively respond to those affected by the bushfires:

Climate-Conscious Coaching | Zoë Cohen – video interview with Brighton West:

Interview with Linda Aspey founding Chair BACP Coaching, in Coaching Today Journal, January 2020:

Zoe Cohen’s article in AC magazine, Coaching Perspectives, January 2020 – “How to be a Climate Conscious Coach”:

Webinar on an overview of the science for coaches:

Local Authority Leaders

Climate emergency declarations in 1,318 jurisdictions and local governments cover 810 million citizens:

Professional bodies:

APECS: A series of webinars presented by Zoe Cohen:

APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 23rd March 2020

APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 8th April 2020

APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 15th June 2020

EMCC: Series on climate change with varied contributors, details here:

15 minute YouTube video talking through Zoe Cohen’s ‘Climate Conscious Coach’ model:

ICF: Series on how to be a climate conscious coach with Zoe Cohen and guests:

Books:

Figueres, Christiana and Rivett-Carnac, T. (2020). The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis London: Manilla Press.
Gillespie, S. (2019). Climate Crisis and Consciousness – Reimagining Our World and Ourselves. Abingdon: Routledge.
Hawkins, P. and Turner, E. (2020). Systemic Coaching – delivering value beyond the individual. Abingdon: Routledge (discount code BSE19 for 20% on Routledge websites)
Hoggett, P. (2019) (Ed). Climate Psychology – On Indifference to Disaster. Palgrave Macmillan.
Mead, M. (2017). Who Do We Choose To Be? Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Free course:

Online course 'Climate Change: The Science' from University of Exeter on FutureLearn: