Climate Quickie: How cognitive dissonance impacts your climate agency

Climate doom and gloom got you feeling like it’s too late? That you wouldn’t know where to start anyways? Or that you’re not an expert, so what’s the point? The narratives we tell ourselves have a powerful role in the climate agency we feel able to take, says Pip Wheaton, Planet & Climate team at Ashoka, based in New Zealand, on Climate Curious by TEDxLondon. 

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Listen to more Climate Curious episodes on the psychology of climate action: 
Why you’re hardwired to dislike climate change, with Kris De Meyer
Why climate doomism needs to stop, with Josephine Latu-Sanft
What is the climate positive movement? with Jessica Kleczka 
Why mindfulness is key to climate action, with Sister True Dedication 
Why there’s much more to climate action than reducing your carbon footprint, with Kris De Meyer

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