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Understanding Climate Anxiety

Understanding Climate Anxiety

Paperback

Series: Bps Ask the Experts in Psychology

CognitionGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1032616768
ISBN13: 9781032616766
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 2 2025
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

How should we react to climate anxiety? This accessible book discusses anxiety and other emotions brought on by climate change, examining what climate anxiety is, why it is becoming so prevalent and how it differs from other types of anxiety.

Written by an expert psychologist, the book examines why climate anxiety is developing so rapidly, particularly in younger people. It looks at how it can manifest differently--sometimes as hopelessness or despair, and sometimes as anger which can serve as a catalyst for action. The book dives into the nuance around climate anxiety, questioning what we can do about it or whether climate anxiety should be pathologized at all, given the very real threat of climate change. It considers cognitive biases that underlie information processing and discusses how politics and interest groups affect people's views. Seeking to understand the polarisation that occurs around this topic, the book suggests how we might alleviate climate anxiety without minimising serious concern about climate change.

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