When I first started reading about
climate change and how big a
problem it is it shook me really hard…
I cried, because I wanted to do so
much but then, I'm just one person.
And I felt so helpless because I felt
like I couldn't do anything.
( A C C R A , I N T E R V I E W )
In addition to feeling personally incapable
of addressing the problem, despair and fear
were often explicitly described as a result of
witnessing apathy, denial, and ignorance in
others, particularly public decision makers.
It's discouraging when something
like the election of Donald Trump
happens… we thought we were moving
along and then that happened… makes
you question where we are at, whether
things have really changed.
( C A L G A R Y 2 , I N T E R V I E W )
My biggest fear about climate change
is all the people who aren't aware.
( J A K A R T A , I N T E R V I E W )
Additionally, team members from
vulnerable places like Nairobi, Peru,
Delhi, and Jakarta were afraid of specific
local changes, such as increased smog,
flooding, drought, and storms, while other
team members were scared of how climate
change might impact their teammates,
and other people in similar or even more
vulnerable regions.
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