New Study: 56% Of Young People Think ‘Humanity Is Doomed’

“…A growing number of young people are combating “climate anxiety,” and a majority think “humanity is doomed,” according to a study published in Lancet Planetary Health Tuesday.

According to the study, which authors claim is the most comprehensive study in the world analyzing “young people’s fear about the climate crisis,” 45 percent of 16-25-year-olds said, “climate-related anxiety and distress is affecting their daily lives and ability to function normally,” Vice News reported of the study.

Approximately 10,000 young people were surveyed across ten countries, 60 percent of which said national governments are “betraying” the present and future generations by not trying hard enough to save the planet.

Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said they agreed with the statement that “humanity is doomed, “and 75 percent said the future is frightening.

Here is the percentage is broken down by country of young people who believe “humanity is doomed.” (Notably, some of the world’s top polluters, like Russia and China, were not included in the list.) :

• • Australia: 50 percent
  • Brazil: 67 percent
  • France: 48 percent
  • Finland: 43 percent
  • India: 74 percent
  • Nigeria: 42 percent
  • Phillippines: 73 percent
  • Portugal: 62 percent
  • UK: 51 percent
  • US: 46 percent