Future of the Environment

How taking responsibility for future generations can spur action on climate change

A hiker walks past the Bionnassay glacier, the smallest glacier of the Mont Blanc complex in France, which is shrinking under the the influence of global warming, according to many scientists, August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yann Tessier - RC2O7P9CNO0Q

Tackling climate change can feel like an uphill struggle. Image: REUTERS/Yann Tessier

Stylianos Syropoulos
Graduate Student, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Ezra Markowitz
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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