** UPDATE: REGISTRATION EXTENDED UNTIL 27 JUNE ** This year's FREE CPA membership scheme for students and/or young people aged 16-25 is open!

** UPDATE: REGISTRATION PERIOD EXTENDED UNTIL 27 JUNE ** We are delighted to be running our FREE membership scheme for students and young people aged 16-25 again this year (this is a time-limited offer so please register promptly if you’re interested!) 

We at CPA are an alliance of individuals using psychology to help people cope with the climate and ecology crisis. There is already a vibrant and growing community of young people within CPA, and if you are a student or aged 16-25 and have an interest in climate psychology, you are warmly invited to join us.

We are working on strengthening intergenerational exchange, increasing representation across generations and supporting younger people who are disproportionately impacted by the climate emergency.

The recognition that aspiring climate-aware therapists and mental health practitioners will face challenges in pursuing careers in fields that often neglect the planetary crisis is another factor that has led us to make this offering.

This 10-month membership scheme is open for registration from 16 - 22 June 2025, and the free membership will run from 1 July 2025 until 30 April 2026. Do make sure you register by 22 June as the offer will close after this time. ** UPDATE: REGISTRATION PERIOD EXTENDED UNTIL 27 JUNE **

 

Members receive lots of benefits, including:

  • Access to CPA’s Mighty Networks platform for networking with climate-aware professionals and academics.
  • Access to monthly meetings for CPA’s young and pre-qualified members.
  • Free or discounted attendance at CPA trainings and workshops.
  • Opportunities to contribute to various aspects of CPA’s work, including decolonising agendas, monthly “thinking spaces” to develop climate psychology ideas, and publishing opportunities.
  • Opportunities to contribute to CPA Board meetings.

 

Here’s what people are saying about the free membership:

"Really appreciate the easy and broad access to opportunities, resources and networks - thank you!”

“I really enjoy being able to connect with other young people who also experience complex climate emotions in a safe space where I feel seen and heard”

"I appreciate being in a digital communal space with inspiring people, discussing such a meaningful topic”

 

How to sign up:

  1. Fill in our membership request form.
  2. Select the relevant “Join as a full member” option based on your location. You will then receive our welcome email with instructions.
  3. Choose the free membership scheme for students and those aged 16-25 in the email.
  4. Complete the sign-up process and wait for our confirmation email.

Your membership will then come to an end on 30 April 2026.  If you wish to continue your membership after the 10 month period, please sign up again via our membership request form.

 

FAQs

Can I apply if I have been part of the 2024-2025 free membership scheme?

Yes, absolutely. As long as you are either a student, or aged 18-25, you are welcome to apply. If you are not a student or over 25, we hope you will consider becoming a paid member of CPA (reduced rates are available). 

Do I have to be studying psychology or working as a practitioner to apply?

No, anyone with an interest in climate psychology is welcome to apply. 

Cultivating Community: Explorations E-Journal Issue 7 is out now

We invite you to delve into our seventh issue of Explorations in Climate Psychology which is now available to read or download here. 

Explorations is an online publication that aims to be inclusive of the different ways people are experiencing and engaging with one another on the climate and ecological crisis. It welcomes various forms of expression from analytical articles, reviews and features that promote peer-reviewed research to interviews, reflections, testimonies, poetry, art and lightly edited conversations. 

The focus of Issue 7 is on cultivating community. Whereas the Zeitgeist seems to suggest that individuality is valued above all else, this issue’s contributions demonstrate that human beings need each other, especially now in this time of ecological and climate emergency.  Psychological professionals have a significant role to play in helping people regain a sense of belonging and sharing.  The editors therefore chose contributions that focus specifically on the importance of community and connection.

Follow this link to access all six editions of Explorations.

Ugur Akdemir

Collection of Archived Papers from CPA Members

When CPA transitioned to a new website, we were unable to transfer all of our members' works to the new platform. However, we have published a selection of these works on our Zotero repository (zotero.org). Unfortunately, not all works could be uploaded. For a complete record of our writings, we warmly invite you to explore the document linked here (climatepsychologyalliance.org). While it may be somewhat messy, the document contains vaulable insights into climate psychology and the evolvement of our thoughts on the subject. 

Latest Issue of Explorations Journal

We invite you to delve into our sixth issue of Explorations in Climate Psychology which is now available to download via this link!

Explorations is an online publication that aims to be inclusive of the different ways people are experiencing and engaging with one another on the climate and ecological crisis. It welcomes various forms of expression from analytical articles, reviews and features that promote peer-reviewed research to interviews, reflections, testimonies, poetry, art and lightly edited conversations. 

This latest edition casts a critical eye over what has passed for rationality in modern Western-type societies. By rationality, the editors mean a way of seeing, feeling, thinking and doing that feels self-evident: for, after all, how else could things be? To interrogate something that seems self-evidently true is a bit of a conundrum. Looking inside the cracks of reason is not easy and it poses the question whether one can understand Western thinking through Western thinking. Hence, the issue has asked for different perspectives and contributions to the theme from different traditions and different continents.

Follow this link to access all six editions of Explorations.

Young/Pre-qualified CPA Members

CPA recognises that the climate crisis is an intergenerational social justice issue. Not only will children and young people have to live with more acute impacts of climate breakdown than older generations, society often shifts responsibility for 'solving' the crisis onto young people, whilst simultaneously often dismissing their concerns.

Older climate-aware students and people training to become therapists, psychologists and counsellors also can encounter challenges if the courses they are on are not well-orientated to planetary emergencies. As with young people, older students/pre-qualified members might have worries that they 'don't know enough about climate psychology' to meaningfully participate in CPA, meaning we can lose lots of perspectives and experiences we would love to hear from.

Because of this CPA is keen to develop the voice of younger and pre-qualified members within the organisation. Young people (16-25) and older students who have an interest in climate psychology are able to join CPA at the concessionary rate of £9.60 per year. Visit this link (climatepsychologyalliance.org) to join our membership. 

In addition to gaining access to all the other benefits of membership (visit this link (climatepsychologyalliance.org) for more information), CPA has begun offering monthly meetings for young/pre-qualified members with a passion for climate psychology to network and share resources/learning. These spaces are very much in development, and we are keen to think with members about how the spaces could be most useful. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

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