Climate-fueled extremes are endangering people everywhere. So why aren't we seeing an immediate response at scale?
Because they're only dismantling one barrier to action, psychological distance -- and there are two more.
Lack of efficacy is rampant among those already worried about climate change; and paradoxically, the worse the impacts get, the less we think we can do about it. It's a self-reinforcing cycle.
Solution aversion also hardens as the urgency of action becomes ever more evident.
But here's the good news; they can be tackled, too!
Here's how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMIjbDtdo0