How to deal with climate anxiety
Fear of environmental doom, or any range of emotions about climate change, is not necessarily a bad thing. But the way you feel doesn’t need to define the way you choose to act
31 December 2021 - 00:00
As the climate changes (https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-i/), negative environmental effects are being felt (https://theconversation.com/climate-change-has-already-hit-southern-africa-heres-how-we-know-169062) and seen (https://www.wwfca.org/en/our_work/climate_change_and_energy/climate_change_impacts_la/) around the world, but the effect of climate change on mental health (https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf) is less immediately obvious or visible. ..
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