Acknowledging Emotions and Challenges of Climate Change Denial

The level of denial regarding the changes coming in climate is high, even joked about at cocktail parties. Despite experiencing anger and heartache over the ecological loss, the speaker acknowledges the difficulty in comprehending the scale of change. As a scientist, the speaker struggles with the amount of suffering implied by climate projections, but appreciates not being prone to depression despite the daily bad news intake. There is an underlying denial of the severity of the climate crisis.