Feelings around sustainability

This question provides great insight into the complex emotions that people are currently feeling about climate change.

Since 2020, our feelings around climate change have shifted away from positive feelings like hope and determination, and more towards negative feelings like sadness, anxiety and anger. 

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:

13% said they were optimistic, hopeful - compared to 17% in 2020

11% said they were determined, motivated - compared to 16% in 2020

2% said they were confident, reassured, calm - compared to 3% in 2020

Negative feelings: 

25% said they were overwhelmed - compared to 28% in 2020

29% said they were sad, upset - compared to 17% in 2020

27% said they were anxious, scared, worried - compared to 15% in 2020

23% said they were angry, frustrated - compared to 12% in 2020

12% said they were resigned - compared to 11% in 2020

11% said they were tired, fatigued - compared to 9% in 2020

9% said they were guilty - the same as in 2020

8% said they were sceptical - compared to 7% in 2020

5% said they were bored, indifferent, not interested - compared to 4% in 2020