FEELING blue about climate change? Don’t despair. Psychologists say they can switch our mindset from fatalism to “can-do” optimism, making a unique and vital contribution to the fight against global warming.
On 15 August at the American Psychological Association meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, delegates vowed to expose, and help overcome, the psychological barriers individuals face. “It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed and think: ‘What can little me do?’,” says of the University of Surrey, UK.
Most people now accept that global warming is real and caused by human activity. Uzzell cites surveys carried out by the UK government…
