Many young people simply too busy with life to concern themselves with climate change

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 recent discussion arrived at the conclusion that many young people are simply too busy with living to worry about and act upon the climate disruption that will severely limit their lives.

While the was a parochial conversation, the Guardian has talked with young people from around the world about why it’s hard for their peers to care about the environment, how they reconcile their fears about the future, what made them start caring, and the little things that give them hope.

Their story - “Young people speak out about their fears and hopes on climate change” – helps us understand why there is not a more sweeping mobilization of young people helping mitigate the causes of global warming.