climate anxiety, n.Trivia

'Eco-anxiety' ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠made Oxford's 2019 Word of the Year shortlist alongside 'flight shame' and 'ecocide'; 'climate emergency' won.

Researchers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠found young people's climate distress tracked with how badly they felt governments were responding — betrayal outweighed reassurance.

A ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Lancet Planetary Health survey of 10,000 people aged 16–25 in ten countries found 59% very or extremely worried about climate change.