Thread by @_HannahRitchie

There's a new study out on young peoples' attitudes to climate change.

Survey on 16-25yo across 10 countries. 1,000 people in each country.

Since it's in the media quite a bit, but data not quick to find, I plotted some of the results 🧵👇

56% of surveyed young people said "humanity was doomed" due to climate change.

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75% of surveyed young people said the "future is frightening" due to climate change.

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83% of surveyed young people said "people have failed to care for the planet"

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55% of surveyed young people said they would "have less opportunity than their parents" due to climate change

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52% of surveyed young people said their "family security would be threatened" due to climate change.

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39% of surveyed young people said they were "hesitant to have children" due to climate change.

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This is the data from this study which is being covered in the media today: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

For what it's worth, I think we're doing young people a massive disservice by instilling the message that their future is doomed due to climate change.

Not only bad for their mental health, but I also don't think this pessimistic outlook is productive in moving forward.