Inquirer.Net Reports:
Quick Summary
The results of a study of 10,000 university students in 32 countries indicates that climate anxiety is gripping nearly half of world’s youth.
While youth are motivated to take action to help save the planet, an inability to help is hurting people’s mental health.
Key Points
- Climate anxiety is understood as the psychological distress—fear, shame, guilt, worry, hopelessness and despair—caused by the environment and climate crisis on people.
- Almost half of the young people surveyed felt “very” or “extremely” worried about climate change.
- Nearly a quarter felt “terrified,” and even more felt either “very” or “extremely” anxious.
The article states:
More significantly, the study found that the ability to do something about it depends on where they live. While anxiety can drive people to adopt pro-environmental behavior, this is largely confined to Western, democratic and relatively affluent countries.