The Issue

63% of American adults are worried about climate change.​

40% percent of Gen Z worldwide and 52% of US Gen Z are hesitant to have children because of climate change. 

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Only 9 of 95 countries surveyed in 2021 by the World Health Organization have mental health included in their national health and climate programs.

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By 2050, 9,000-40,000 more people  in Mexico & the US could die by suicide due to increased temperatures.

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A survey of 16,000 US Gen Zers found that 85% are worried about climate change.

"Children in utero during Hurricane Sandy had higher rates of anxiety (53%), compared to children who were born before or after the storm (22%) and they had higher rates of attention deficit disorder (30%), compared to non-exposed children (8%)."​​

80% of people in the United States experienced extreme heat in 2021. In the US, 12% of pediatric ER visits were due to hotter temperatures. 25% of Americans are "socially vulnerable and have low resilience to extreme heat exposure."​​​

78% of parents in the US are concerned about the impacts of climate change to their children. 82% of parents agree “children will be essential in fighting climate change” and that “we must give them the knowledge and skills to build a sustainable world”…But only half of parents have talked to their kids about it.

People are 12x more likely to take climate action because of their love for future generations.

75% of youth worldwide
said that the future is frightening because of climate change.              

A survey of 12,000 university students across 32 countries found that in 25 of them, climate anxiety spurred positive environmental actions. A US study showed people with low to moderate climate anxiety were likely to engage in collective climate action.​​

3 million people in the US are climate migrants who have moved due to flood risk. Lower-income people were more likely to be displaced and for longer periods than wealthier people in the US.

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Three years after a deadly California wildfire, people exposed directly and indirectly to the fire showed negative changes to cognition and brain function.

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​A Colorado study found that children's exposure to wildfire smoke increases the likelihood of anxiety, depression and other mental health problems.​​​​​​​

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