Youth

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.