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Keynote Speaker
The Challenge of Climate Awareness and Flourishing

Thomas Joseph Doherty, PsyD
Thomas Doherty is a clinical and environmental psychologist based in Portland,
Oregon, who has helped pioneer the fields of eco and climate therapy. His paper “The Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change,” co-authored by Susan Clayton, has been cited over 1300 times. He was a President of APA Div 34, the Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology and founding Editor of the journal Ecopsychology. Thomas co-hosts the Climate Change and Happiness podcast with Finnish climate emotions scholar Panu Pihkala. Thomas’s 2025 book Surviving Climate Anxiety: A Guide to Coping, Healing, and Thriving is a practical and comprehensive guide for the public to understand feelings and responses to environmental issues, and find meaning, motivation and authentic happiness. Learn
more at thomasdoherty.com.
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