Climate change causing a sense of despair? Here are some ways to combat it

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Author: PBS NewsHour • Sourced: PBS NewsHour • Published 2 months ago

This summer, millions of Americans are experiencing firsthand the effects of climate change, from triple-digit temperatures to wildfire smoke to bleached coral reefs in warming oceans. For some, growing concern about climate change can become an overwhelming sense of despair that psychologists call climate anxiety. Climate psychology therapist Leslie Davenport joins John Yang to discuss.

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