These coordinated school protests, which have been held since February but formed last year, show that the worry has reached our future.
That climate change is a top topic of concern for today's youth, apart from issues such as jobs, education and body image, is also borne by the fact that mental health clinics are seeing a growing number of clients with eco-anxiety or ecological grief or climate change distress.
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