ClimateAdam | Why we don't act: Climate Change Psychology @ClimateAdam | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Little kids are bad at delayed gratification. But unfortunately so are adults. I take a look at why weighing future benefits against present costs makes climate change such a challenging conundrum.

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==MORE INFO==

Delayed gratification & age: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01649/full
Climate & delayed gratification: hbr.org/2018/10/why-people-arent-motivated-to-address-climate-change
Delayed gratification & cooperation: sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131020160739.htm

==CREDITS==

Fire by Pigment Ajans - Visual Effects
Flooding footage by People's Archive of Rural India
Drought image by Brendan Cox / Oxfam
Coronavirus hospital footage by U.S. Navy
Mask wearing footage by Lagos Television
Storm surge footage by Kevin Barnett
Cycling footage by Streetfilms
Solar footage by Tom Mills
Cyclone footage by The Times of India
Wind by Robinhood76
Bike by SavvahSjuhengof
Forest fire photo by U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region