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Climate-Grief Research Focuses on Community Support

In this lesson: Explain community involvement and use “rather than” with parallel activities.

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Read the story

An Adelaide University project, begun in August 2026 and expected to run into 2031, aimed to address distress associated with climate-related loss.

Its planned toolkit would be shaped with communities and mental-health representatives, including attention to valued natural and cultural places.

Working with communities was part of designing the resource, rather than asking people to use a finished toolkit. WHO’s earlier guidance also supports community approaches to mental health and climate change.

Editorial correction, 26 October 2026: We corrected factual wording and chronology after checking the sources below. This is a retrospective archive review; the original publication date is retained.

Learning update, 6 November 2026: We made the reading clearer and revised the language activities. The earlier correction and original publication date remain recorded.

Source: Sources checked 26 October 2026. https://adelaide.edu.au/about/news/2026/researchers-to-develop-a-practical-guide-for-climate-grief/ https://www.who.int/news/item/03-06-2022-why-mental-health-is-a-priority-for-action-on-climate-change

Read and practise

1. Whose involvement was planned in shaping the toolkit?

   1. Only the university’s communications staff
   2. Communities and mental-health representatives
   3. Only commercial software developers

2. Which pair is parallel in this sentence?

   1. designing / asking
   2. communities / finished
   3. with / use

Your turn

Use “planned” and “tested” to distinguish designing a toolkit from assessing it.

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