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What happens when climate despair turns into action?
Climate anxiety is increasingly being channelled into organised activism rather than resignation. Commentators point to people who, overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis, join community energy projects, local campaigning and mutual aid as ways to regain a sense of agency. Mental health experts note that turning worry into concrete action can reduce distress while also strengthening climate movements.
Why now: Growing public concern about climate change is prompting wider discussion of how anxiety can be converted into effective activism.
Evidence
- What happens when climate despair turns into action? · Yale Climate Connections
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