What in the World - COP28: How to stop your climate anxiety flaring up

Download COP28: How to stop your climate anxiety flaring up

We’re back at COP28, discussing ways to help you cope with climate anxiety. The ever present threat of climate change can feel overwhelming and can have a negative impact on your mental health - it’s called climate-anxiety (some people call it eco-anxiety). So how can you deal with these feelings? BBC climate reporter Georgina Rannard sat down with three activists at COP28; Baliqees Salaudeen from Nigeria, Ana Gabriela Mejía Silva from Ecuador and Saad Uakkas from Morocco, to discuss their strategies.

We also chat about flaring with BBC filmmaker Owen Pinnell, who’s made two BBC documentaries about it. What is it, what are the health effects if you live near to where it takes place and how easy is it for countries and companies to stop doing it?

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Presenters: Hannah Gelbart with Georgina Rannard
Producers: Mora Morrison, Julia Ross-Roy and Adam Chowdhury
Editor: Verity Wilde

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Published on Thursday, 7th December 2023.

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