We are facing a climate crisis. Yet many people seem to be relatively unconcerned about the risk. Why don’t they do more to prevent the looming outcome?

One source of this inaction is our psychology. This talk looked at these psychological factors, such as the way we perceive risk and people’s belief that nothing we do will make a difference (fatalism) or it will cost too much. The talk suggested some ways that we can counter these unhelpful tendencies.

John McClure is Emeritus professor at Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka.

This Climate Change Declaration webinar is available here.