They're worried and anxious - they should be. We all should be.
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When asked about how governments are responding to climate change, 65% of respondents agreed with the statement that governments are failing young people, 64% agreed that they are lying about the impact of actions taken and 60% agreed they were dismissing people’s distress. Only 36% agreed that governments are acting according to science. However, young people do feel reassured when governments act.
Ray says that the results of surveys such as this could play a part in climate-change lawsuits, because they might provide evidence of moral injury under human-rights law. “If the research can help hold government bodies accountable … that would be extraordinary. It would give a voice to children most vulnerable, and eco-anxiety can become less about ‘snowflakes’ in privileged settings worrying about polar bears — which is how detractors see it,” she says.
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a tip of the hat to Sukie
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