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:

• APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 23rd March 2020
• APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 8th April 2020
• APECS Climate Conscious Coaching Webinar 15th June 2020



Climate and ecological science/the facts

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

•   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9WyLPgyuqo



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

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076w7g5



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

• https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806



Climate and ecological breakdown science summary:

• https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/the-emergency/



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

• https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/climate-risk-and-response-physical-hazards-and-socioeconomic-impacts



Climate emergency action required:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736



We are the last generation who can act:

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/we-are-last-generation-that-can-stop-climate-change-un-summit



Climate tipping points which are key to understand:

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03595-0



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

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/18/climate-crisis-heat-is-on-global-heating-four-degrees-2100-change-way-we-live



The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells article:

• http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html



Fossil fuel lobbying and obfuscation:

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming



Fossil fuel lobbying and obfuscation:

• https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/climate-denial-machine-how-fossil-fuel-industry-blocks-climate-action
• https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/new-laws-will-allow-the-use-of-military-to-break-protests/



Sixth mass extinction/IPBES report:

• https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipbes_7_10_add.1_en_1.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=35329



Sixth mass extinction/IPBES report:

• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sixth-mass-extinction-humans-animals-conservation



Nature and mental health:

• https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/7/eaax0903



Humans have driven global heating not natural factors:

• https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-scientists-think-100-of-global-warming-is-due-to-humans



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

Psychologists

Climate Psychology Alliance:

• https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/



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

• https://qz.com/1749577/psychologists-sign-pledge-to-address-climate-change/



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

• https://www.psychologyandglobalhealth.org/



Psychotherapists

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

• https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ukcp-news/new-psychotherapist/new-psychotherapist-issue-72-autumn-2019/



Peter Hawkins and Judy Ryde 2020 book:

• ‘Integrative Psychotherapy in Theory and Practice: A Relational, Systemic and Ecological Approach’



OD practitioners

Organisation Development in a Changing Climate (article):

• http://talikandco.net/2019/11/14/organisation-development-in-a-changing-climate/



Organisation Development in a Changing Climate (event):

• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/organisation-development-in-a-changing-climate-tickets-86517114017



Nurses

Royal College of Nursing issues commitment to tackling climate emergency:

• https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/rcn-issues-commitment-to-tackling-climate-emergency-02-10-2019/



Doctors

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

• https://nonprofitquarterly.org/lancet-editor-protesting-climate-change-is-a-doctors-duty/
and
• https://www.rubberrepublic.com/new-work-richard-horton-the-lancet/



Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists:

• https://www.ucsusa.org/climate



Architects

Architects Climate Action Network:

• https://www.architectscan.org/home



Engineers

Engineers Declare Climate Emergency:

• https://www.ewb-uk.org/engineers-declare-climate-emergency/



Business Leaders

Business Declares a Climate Emergency:

• https://businessdeclares.com/



Local Authority Leaders

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

• https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-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:

• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/where-were-all-coaches-when-planet-warmed-3-degrees-zoe-cohen/



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):

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/11kGcjGHrlzX0HyrP6-Z_KCM7Yh857RMRpjEodqJwfrU/edit



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

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdjF6xPcSw&t=38s



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

• https://www.climatecoachingalliance.org/
and for their free events go to
• https://www.climatecoachingalliance.org/events



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’:

• https://www.eve-turner.com/global-supervisors-network/



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

• https://www.coaching-at-work.com/2020/01/05/climate-coaching-action-day-gains-momentum/



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

• https://www.coaching-at-work.com/tag/dr-alison-whybrow/



Peter Hawkins and Eve Turner’s book, 2020:

• ‘Systemic Coaching: Delivering Value Beyond the Individual’ Abingdon: Routledge (discount of 20% at Routledge websites with code BSE19)



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

• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-role-of-coaching-in-bushfire-recovery-tickets-89902228987?aff=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&ref=eemailordconf&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent



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

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1RogxboGM



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

• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0998dc2278e7cd4b7de2b6/t/5e2eee908542d514582ed395/1580134059871/CoachingWithTheEarthInMind.pdf



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

• https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JOlqQHnfIdGrSQjw1y6QqhjwZ-xzO-pM



Webinar on an overview of the science for coaches:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwlVVxhrI8w&t=3474s



Local Authority Leaders

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

• https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-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:

• http://bit.ly/2GZVE7Y
which includes links to recordings.



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

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdjF6xPcSw&t=38s



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

• https://www.coachfederation.org.uk/events/detail/webinar-recording/webinar-series-1-of-3-how-to-be-a-climate-conscious-coach-adapting-to-the-world-we-find-ourselves-in



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:

• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/climate-change-the-science?utm_campaign=Share+Links&utm_medium=futurelearn-just_enrolled&utm_source=email