Abstract

In this article, we summarize research about how adolescents relate to climate change. We show that climate change is of importance for adolescents' mental wellbeing, moral development, and different forms of civic engagement, ranging from doing small things in everyday life to collective engagement. This is true both for adolescents who come in direct contact with the dire consequences of this problem and those who foremost relate to climate change indirectly through media and school. We argue for the importance of promoting constructive coping among adolescents and working together with this age group to support mental wellbeing, trust, and civic engagement.

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