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Climate anxiety rising amongst young people after a record summer (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Millions of children across the UK say climate change is impacting their wellbeing after relentless heatwaves, wildfires and flooding.

Teenagers have said this year's extreme heat has left them feeling "powerless" and "hopeless" for the future, with experts explaining that climate anxiety is a sense of fear and worry linked to the changing climate.

Rebecca Fulford, 21, from Gloucestershire, said: "Often it feels like young people have the most expectation on them to take action. However they also have the least power."

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with experts explaining that climate anxiety is a sense of fear and worry linked to the changing climate.

Who even writes this kind of shit anymore

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    [–] 4 points 19 hours ago

    we've cooked the planet and still won't let them do everything possible to mitigate the harms they know are coming.

    Fuck I'm ashamed at how shortsighted our entire species is.

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