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Youth are increasingly stressed about the state of the environment and climate change. Here are tips on how to help your child. Kids and teens are feeling climate anxiety.
Aug. 7—Children are especially susceptible to the effects of climate change, including extreme heat, said Divya Shiv, the author of a recent report from New Mexico Voices for Children. According ...
The psychological impacts of climate change concerns effects that climate change can have on individuals' mental and emotional well-being. People experience a wide range of emotions as they grapple with the challenge of climate change between their short-term self-interest and their longer-term community interests.
Children are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than adults. The World Health Organization estimated that 88% of the existing global burden of disease caused by climate change affects children under five years of age. [1] A Lancet review on health and climate change lists children as the worst-affected category by climate change. [2]
Swiggett-Craven has seen first-hand how climate change and the lack of natural resources impacts global communities because of her job helping resettle refugees. While she personally also has ...
Eco-anxiety can be fueled in part by climate change helplessness, [41] a form of learned helplessness applied to climate change fears. Because climate change is such an enormous issue with such dire consequences, an individual's actions may seem to make no difference in combatting the bigger issue.
Children and young adults are the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. [46] Many of the climate change impacts which affect children's physical health also lead to psychological and mental health consequences. [46] Children who live in geographic locations that are most susceptible to the impacts of climate change, and/or with weaker ...
The climate march in New York City saw thousands band together in an effort to bring awareness to the growing climate concerns and promote sustainability. It is often difficult to mediate out ...