
COP26: Climate anxiety
Two women talk about their experiences of stress and anxiety over climate change
Many young people around the world are facing chronic stress and worry over climate change and its impacts. We speak to two young women about their experiences and how they are dealing with effects of this type of stress. And a psychotherapist who is behind a worldwide survey that says climate anxiety is a growing problem offers ideas on how to cope with it.
Our science reporter will be giving details of a new study showing that some of the world’s most protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb.
A global opinion poll carried out for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has found that there is popular support for strong action against climate change. We’ll play messages from young people around the world about what they want from the international climate summit, COP26, and what changes they have made to their lives to reduce personal carbon footprint.
We’ll also have the latest on Covid-19, and Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, will answer audience questions about the virus.
(Photo: A heron bird perches as smog covers high rise buildings on the north coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 28, 2021. Credit: Willy Kurniawan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/Reuters)
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- Thu 28 Oct 2021 15:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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