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Video Description

Type: KIHASA Policy Featurette

Topic: Climate Anxiety and Discomfort Index: Let's Find Out

Guest Speaker: Chae Su-Mi, Head, Center for Research on Future Disease Response, KIHASA

Transcript

Someone named Gong Hee-mang has submitted a question:  What does 'climate anxiety' mean? Is it a different concept from the index of discomfort we feel in summer?"

Yes, we’ve been hearing a lot about climate change lately. Climate anxiety is related to our exposure to this kind of information. It refers to the negative emotional responses that result from recognizing the risks of climate change, even without directly experiencing climate-related events.