Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, said Americans can be broken into six categories based on their reaction to climate change, ranging from alarmed to dismissive. Psychological responses to climate change such as “conflict avoidance, fatalism, fear, helplessness and resignation are growing,” according to a 2017 report by the American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica. At a happy hour for environmentalists in Washington, Alicia Cannon — who works in environmental policy lobbying — was asked whether she was experiencing any climate anxiety. Chang said until not that long ago, it was difficult to find information on “climate anxiety, climate grief, climate despair, climate counseling.”Now “there’s more… people are starting to realize it’s a thing,” she added. Image: Courtesy of Lara Henderson/AFP / Lara Henderson Kate Schapira, a 40-year-old senior lecturer in the English department at Brown University, mans her “climate anxiety” booth in Providence

Source: Egypt Independent November 27, 2019 01:18 UTC