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Adelaide Researchers Plan a Community-Informed Climate-Grief Toolkit

In this lesson: Describe the purpose of a proposed resource and identify an omitted relative pronoun.

Name: __________________________ Date: __________________

Read the story

Adelaide University described research into distress associated with climate-related loss, running from August 2026 into an expected 2031.

The team intended to co-develop a practical toolkit with communities and mental-health representatives, recognising the importance of natural and cultural places.

The proposed resource was to be developed with the communities it aimed to support. WHO’s earlier call for community-based approaches provides a related policy context; the toolkit itself was still a research goal.

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 expansion preserves the meaning?

   1. the communities that it aimed to support
   2. the communities who aimed to support it
   3. the communities after it had supported them

Your turn

Explain why involving communities is relevant to design but is not, on its own, proof of effectiveness.

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