Climate crisis presents a near-term existential threat to the human species, one that society has neither the physical nor psychological infrastructure to manage. Eco-anxiety increases as awareness about climate crisis spreads. Despite an urgent need for resources on how to help people cope with the psychological ramifications of climate crisis, there is little literature that both addresses people’s apocalyptic fears and takes the scientific bases of those fears seriously. In this article, I synthesize research on existential psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, grief, and end-of-life care to present an original perspective on how people, individually and collectively, can become psychologically resilient to climate crisis. First, I establish that death anxiety underlies eco-anxiety. Second, I demonstrate that preparing psychologically for eco-apocalypse requires people to cultivate death acceptance. Finally, I illustrate how commitment to palliative values can enable people to live rich and meaningful lives despite their most likely imminent end.

气候危机对人类物种构成了近期的生存威胁，社会既没有生理基础设施也没有心理基础设施来应对。随着人们对气候危机意识的传播，生态焦虑也随之增加。尽管迫切需要有关如何帮助人们应对气候危机的心理影响的资源，但很少有文献既能解决人们对世界末日的恐惧，又能认真对待这些恐惧的科学基础。在这篇文章中，我综合了关于存在主义心理学、接受和承诺疗法、悲伤和临终关怀的研究，以提出一个关于人们如何单独和集体地在心理上适应气候危机的原创观点。首先，我确定死亡焦虑是生态焦虑的基础。第二，我证明，为生态末日做好心理准备需要人们培养对死亡的接受。最后，我将说明对姑息治疗价值观的承诺如何使人们能够过上丰富而有意义的生活，尽管他们很可能即将死去。