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Released amid record-breaking temperatures and rising seas, the survey reports an alarming decline in perceived urgency.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/WzxgU

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

What's the youth supposed to do? They've been mocked and cursed and attacked and arrested for participating in climate action, and the people in charge are continuing on their slow and unsteady curse. We've had many decades of warnings with increasing urgency and nobody cared enough, what's the point of focusing on the youth when they're the least responsible for the state of the world?