[Comment] Climate change and mental health: announcing a new Lancet Psychiatry Commission

Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and the ecosystems we rely on, impacting many aspects of human life, including mental health.1,2 Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, loss of habitats, environmental degradation, and resulting socioeconomic instability are some of the drivers associated with increasing incidence of psychological distress, psychiatric disorders, suicide, and mental health-related mortality.2 Climate change-related displacement, food insecurity, and economic hardship exert chronic stress, disproportionately affecting low-income populations, young people, older adults, individuals with pre-existing conditions, and Indigenous peoples, thus amplifying health disparities.