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When psychologists warn that global heating could cause trauma to become normalised, world leaders should take notice “It makes sense” is the first thing to say about the phenomenon being described by psychologists as climate anxiety. Wherever in the world you live, there are very good reasons to feel anxious about the rate of global

Experts concerned young people’s mental health particularly hit by reality of the climate crisis Over the past few weeks Clover Hogan has found herself crying during the day and waking up at night gripped by panic. The 20-year-old, who now lives in London, grew up in Queensland, Australia, cheekbyjowl with the country’s wildlife, fishing frogs

Hurricane-force winds and rain rock transport network and engulf defences to bring fresh misery to flood-hit communities 7.55pm GMT In the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, 67,300 properties suffered blackouts as the storm raged. By 7.30pm on Sunday Northern PowerGrid, the energy supplier, had restored power to around 55,600 customers. 7.40pm GMT The latest

Many new-builds are not just a blight on our cityscapes, they’re also a major contributor to the climate crisis, writes Dr Clare Melhuish India Block makes many valuable points in her critique of the disastrous standard of accelerated development in UK cities (Who wants cities of ugly new-builds?, Journal, 5 February), but I was exasperated

With some living in donated caravans or fighting their insurers, the residents of eastern Victoria have begun the daunting task of rebuilding from the ashes On a small block in the East Gippsland village of W Tree, Kay Schieren ducks under the branches of a small gumtree, pushing aside the singed leaves. “I’ll just pose

The Gillard government actually implemented a carbon price. Why are we so lacking in ambition now? While listening this week to the Guardian Australia editor, Lenore Taylor, on the Full Story podcast speaking with sadness and exasperation about the past 30 years of climate change policy, I thought about good intentions and perfection. We often

The common sense of shared survival will be enough for us to come together and push for powerful action on climate change About this series How should we stare down the challenges of a new decade? Where will we find hope and solutions? In this series we ask prominent Australians to write about one thing

He has a history of ‘not getting’ global heating but his desire for Britain to be a world leader could be the planet’s hope Will Boris Johnson please listen to his own father, rather than Jeremy Corbyn’s climate sceptic brother, on the subject of climate change? It may go against the prime minister’s instincts, but