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Is climate anxiety keeping you up at night? Here's how to cope...

What exactly is climate anxiety, and what can we do to combat it?

THE TERM CLIMATE anxiety has been on the rise for the last few years. But what exactly is climate anxiety? What pockets of society are we seeing it crop up in? And what can we do to help ourselves beat it? 

From young children having fear about the future, to young adults deciding not to bring children into this world due to the uncertainty of our planet’s future, climate anxiety is very real and a topic that needs to be tackled immediately. 

In order to find out more, we caught up with Dr Tadhg Mac Intyre, an Associate Professor of Environmental Psychology at Maynooth University. Check out the video in full below: 

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In recent years, Dr Mac Intyre has focused his research upon nature based solutions for urban health and sustainability, you can discover more about his work and publications here. If you want to find out more about urban health and well-being, check out GoGreenRoutes.eu. GoGreenRoutes is a €10.5m EU-funded project sowing the seeds for increased nature-connectedness across Europe, Latin America and China.

To find out more about drivers of change and every aspect of science, don’t forget that the first in-person Science Week since 2019 will see events take place across the country between Sunday 13 November to Sunday 20 November

With the theme of Infinite Possibilities running throughout, excitement is building for the week-long science showcase, and Science Foundation Ireland are encouraging the public to get involved and attend events to truly see what’s been going on within the scientific community. 

For the full list of events, workshops and talks taking place across Science Week head over to www.scienceweek.ie. Most Science Week events are free to join, but registration may be required. 

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    Nov 17th 2022, 8:14 PM

    One should not be anxious about something that an individual has no power to change.

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    Nov 17th 2022, 3:33 PM

    These so called climate experts should be made sit in a bog hole until they purge themselves of all their Fanatical ideas.

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    Nov 17th 2022, 4:38 PM

    @Pat Man: so says Pat, who knows everything

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    Nov 17th 2022, 8:16 PM

    @Kevin Burke: Enlighten us all with your program to minimise climate change.

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    Nov 20th 2022, 12:02 AM

    Nope. I just have a good sleep and get in my GTI and go for a spin the next day. Sorts all sorts of things out for me tbh.

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