LONDON — As climate change drives a surge in deadly disasters – and harsh scientific warnings of worse to come – young people are struggling with growing “eco-anxiety” about the future of the planet and their own lives, psychologists say in a new study.
But their feelings of anger, fear and powerlessness arise less from the environmental damage itself than the unwillingness of adults to stop it, despite the availability of solutions and overwhelming evidence of the risks, the research finds.
“Eco-anxiety is a sign of mental health, an entirely appropriate response to what’s going on,” said Caroline Hickman, a psychotherapist and lead author of an international study set to be published in the medical journal The Lancet.
Luisa Neubauer, a German climate campaigner with the Fridays for Future students’ movement, said inaction by world leaders on global warming “is too much to handle, too much to accept”.
“What does it mean for young people to see the world fall apart while we have solutions at hand, while we know how to stop it? Government is pushing us in […]
In my opinion Sinema & Manchin are bought and paid for, and their price tag had nothing to do with climate change.
Let’s hope the Democrats can pass what they need to, without the intentional political blocks from the Republicans.
Manchin and Sinema are conscientious, something that is rare in their Democratic and Republican colleagues.
Biden is the one who is bought and paid for. That is clear when you consider just how thoroughly the Joe and Hunter story has been buried.