Feelings around sustainability

This question gives more insight into the complex emotions we're all feeling about climate change.

Since 2020, our feelings around climate change continue to shift away from positive feelings like hope and determination, and more towards negative feelings like sadness, anxiety and overwhelm. 

This shows a real need for more action from larger organisations, as well as more empowerment within communities, to help turn climate anxiety into climate action.

Positive feelings:

8% said they were optimistic, hopeful - compared to 12% in 2022, 13% in 2021 and 17% in 2020.

11% said they were determined, motivated - compared to 13% in 2022, 11% in 2021 and 16% in 2020.

2% said they were confident, reassured, calm - compared to 2% in 2022 and 2021, and 3% in 2020.

Negative feelings: 

27% said they were overwhelmed - compared to 26% in 2022, 25% in 2021 and 28% in 2020.

32% said they were sad, upset - compared to 31% in 2022, 29% in 2021 and 17% in 2020.

27% said they were anxious, scared, worried - compared to 28% in 2022, 27% in 2021 and 15% in 2020.

23% said they were angry, frustrated - compared to 24% in 2022, 23% in 2021 and 12% in 2020.

17% said they were resigned - compared to 16% in 2022,12% in 2021 and 11% in 2020.

9% said they were tired, fatigued - compared to 12% in 2022, 11% in 2021 and 9% in 2020.

7% said they were guilty - compared to 9% in previous years.

6% said they were sceptical - compared to 8% in 2022 and 7% in 2021 and 2020.

4% said they were bored, indifferent, not interested - the same as in previous years.