https://inews.co.uk/opinion/climate-change-crisis-baby-boomers-dont-care-crisis-hinders-action-1200054
Younger generations will live with the effects of climate change for longer than older people – but it’s a serious mistake to assume those who may not be around to experience the full effect don’t care. As I outline in my new book, Generations, this is one of the most destructive generational myths we’ve been fed, as it divides us on a cause we need everyone to unite around.
It’s easy to see why climate change is often seen as predominantly a concern of the young. Eighteen-year-old activist Greta Thunberg has been held up as a “standard bearer in a generational battle”, and the many remarkable instances of youth action around the world have captured public attention – most notably the global climate strikes that involved over 1.6 million young students in more than 300 cities.
And just this week, a study was published in the Lancet focusing on young people’s attitudes to climate change, finding that nearly half of those surveyed said anxiety and distress over the climate crisis was affecting their daily life and ability to function.
But we mustn’t let this focus on the young lead us to assume the old are callously complacent. In new research by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and New Scientist magazine, we found that climate change definitely isn’t something that only younger generations are concerned about – older people are just as likely to support big changes to how we live in order to protect the environment...
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