How to Overcome Climate Anxiety

The United Nations COP26 climate summit was billed by conference organizers as the “last, best hope” to save our warming planet. In the end, countries left with an agreement that makes some progress, but ultimately doesn’t go far enough. And if you’re worried about climate change, it probably didn’t do much to ease your anxiety.

But we don’t have to rely on world leaders alone. Today, we discuss how to take feelings of climate anxiety and turn them into meaningful action.

Guest: Laura Klivans, KQED climate reporter

More Resources:

• ‘Climate Change is Here. It’s Bad. Here’s What You Can Do’ 
• Submit a Bay Area climate change question for KQED reporters

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