Netherlands residents know more about climate change, but the topic is losing urgency in their minds, especially among young people. They kn
Netherlands residents know more about climate change, but the topic is losing urgency in their minds, especially among young people. They know that climate change will have disastrous consequences, but consider it an “abstract concept” with “little tangible impact on their immediate environment,” research agency Ipsos I&O found in a poll. Young people also feel that there is little they can do about it. Local themes like housing and migration have more urgency in young people’s minds. Climate change and its consequences have also dropped out of their news feeds, which are more focused on American president Donald Trump and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. “They do see that the problem exists, but they feel held back in all kinds of ways from doing something about it,” said Ipsos I&O researcher Maartje van Will. “They describe that they are stuck in a system and they see no solution for it. And they also say: if companies and countries do not take measures, my own efforts are pointless.”
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That's what happens when your right-wing government doesn't care about the climate crisis, or, quite frankly, the environment in general.
