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Episode 3: Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey

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Host Sahil Munjal discusses the article Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey with Mary Burke.  Climate change has important implications for the health and futures of children and young people, yet they have little power to limit its harm, making them vulnerable to climate anxiety. This is the first large-scale investigation of climate anxiety in children and young people globally and its relationship with perceived government response.