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all of which is predicted to create a planet uninhabitable for human populations if we do not abate greenhouse gas emissions substantially and swiftly (Steffen et al. 2018). These losses and changes are not easy to acknowledge, yet one team member points out the problematic and common desire to avoid climate change (Norgaard 2011), advocating instead for a commitment to "be in the real dying world": We must raise awareness about more than our routine, the celebrities on tv, the new fashion this month, the friends on social networks, and be in the real dying world, and don't pretend that we are ok, because it is false. ( L I M A , B L O G 4 B ) A few team members demonstrated an impressive ability to hold two sentiments at once, similar to what Ojala (2016) calls positive reappraisal, a cognitively difficult approach to coping with climate change knowledge that does not avoid the seriousness of the situation, but works to balance it by focusing on what is possible. Understandably, though some did not 're-appraise' the situation with full awareness of what they were doing, many members of the youth team demonstrated an ability to balance painful knowledge of present losses with a belief in their own capacity to act towards a more just and desirable future. | 39 Y O U T H A N D C L I M A T E C H A N G E 2 0 1 8 E D I T I O N Now looking at the effects of the flood, viewers can see that nearly everything is under the water. The severed doll head symbolises the death of the human race if climate change is not dealt with. The snow globe of London shows that cities can drown if the effects of temperature rise caused by climate change prolongs. However there is a positive side to this image as the tank of water is not entirely filled. This shows that there is still hope to save the Earth from climate change and its effects. Lastly, I put a black and white filter on the image with rough texturing to emphasise the feeling of utter despair and to make it look like found imagery from a fictional dystopia where the whole Earth is flooded. The main message this photograph is trying to get across is "be saved or be consumed" as there is no life without effort. This means that in order to stop climate change we need to start changing our daily lives for the better. Humans need a cause to fight off this horrible destiny and that is to keep the Earth alive if we want to thrive. Source: https://gg.tigweb.org/tig/IPCC/111327

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