Climate anxiety 1: ’Delay means death’, media apathy, Extinction Rebellion, and fatalism among the young

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The latest report from the UN's climate scientists was both incredibly downbeat about climate change and almost entirely ignored by a media fixated on Ukraine. In this episode we consider the communication and changing narratives around climate change, why an unscientific hyper-fatalism has set in with many activists, and what impact this might be having on younger generations terrified humanity itself is going extinct. 
 
'We're heading Straight for a Demi-Apocalypse' - Emma Marris in The Atlantic 
Climate anxiety in children - study in The Lancet
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - IPCC report
If you want to go deeper into some of the topics we discuss, find more resources to read, listen to and watch at John's website: http://www.johnwyatt.com

Released on 22 Mar 2022

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