One in
five in a sample of UK children
report nightmares about climate change
report nightmares about climate change
The Jakarta Times , and others e.g. the London Metro, have published a Reuters piece on the results of a survey of UK children (hat-tip GWPF Newsletter 04/03/20). These results, if correct - and they do seem plausible, are a sharp indictment of schools and the mass media for all they have done, and are doing, to scare children about climate without good reason:
'One
in five children are having nightmares about climate change,
according to a British survey on Tuesday, as students globally stage
protests over a lack of action to curb global warming.
About
17 percent of children in Britain said worries about climate change
were disturbing their sleep while 19 percent said these fears were
giving them nightmares.
The survey of 2,000 children aged eight to
16, conducted by pollster Savanta-ComRes for BBC Newsround, also
found that two in five, or 41 percent, did not trust adults to tackle
the climate crisis.'
