Understanding the impact of climate change on our mental health

The Climate Council says while the physical risks associated with climate change are well known - the mental health impacts are only now becoming clear.

A photographer captures flooding on a Lismore bridge (AAP).

A survey of 2-and-a-half thousand people - released to coincide with the Lismore floods first anniversary - has uncovered what the Climate Council calls 'widespread distress' among Australians affected by natural disasters.

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