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Reducing personal climate risk to reduce personal climate anxiety

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Climate anxiety, reflecting concerns about the negative impacts of climate change, is growing. Planning and action on individual specific climate risks could be a way to reduce personal climate anxiety.

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We thank T. Murdock, S. Nakoneczny and L. Van Vliet for insightful feedback.

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Fyke, J., Weaver, A. Reducing personal climate risk to reduce personal climate anxiety. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 209–210 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01617-4

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