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What is climate optimism?
Manage episode 509791202 series 3362640
We’ve talked about eco-anxiety before on Do You Really Know, and it’s real. A survey published in the Lancet in December 2021 found that 75% of young people thought the future was frightening.
But others are preaching a more positive outlook, with cautious climate optimism looking set to be a trend in 2023. While our fears around the climate crisis are justified and useful, if they paralyse us out of doing anything, those feelings of hopelessness are inevitable. Psychologists call it “learned helplessness”.
What cause is there for optimism? What are the arguments against climate optimism? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
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A Bababam Originals podcast. Written and produced by Joseph Chance.
First Broadcast: 20/1/2023
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2938 episodes
Manage episode 509791202 series 3362640
We’ve talked about eco-anxiety before on Do You Really Know, and it’s real. A survey published in the Lancet in December 2021 found that 75% of young people thought the future was frightening.
But others are preaching a more positive outlook, with cautious climate optimism looking set to be a trend in 2023. While our fears around the climate crisis are justified and useful, if they paralyse us out of doing anything, those feelings of hopelessness are inevitable. Psychologists call it “learned helplessness”.
What cause is there for optimism? What are the arguments against climate optimism? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
To listen to more episodes, click here:
Should I walk 10000 steps a day?
What is productivity paranoia?
A Bababam Originals podcast. Written and produced by Joseph Chance.
First Broadcast: 20/1/2023
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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