Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless.
In a Lancet Planetary Health study of 10,000 young people across ten countries, 75 percent said the future is frightening, and 56 percent said they believe humanity is doomed. A 2025 PNAS study found one in five Americans aged 16 to 24 is afraid to have children because of the climate. That gloom has deepened over time. In Yale’s long-running survey, the share of Americans 18 to 34 who say global warming is already harming this country rose from 40 percent in 2012 to 64 percent in 2022.
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