Article 4N3P7 'Ecological grief': Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency

'Ecological grief': Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency

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Dan McDougall in Ilulissat and Tasiilaq, Greenland
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4N3P7)

Islanders are struggling to reconcile impact of global heating with traditional way of life, survey finds

Life on thin ice: mental health at the heart of the climate crisis

The climate crisis is causing unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety to people in Greenland who are struggling to reconcile the traumatic impact of global heating with their traditional way of life.

The first ever national survey examining the human impact of the climate emergency, revealed in the Guardian on Monday, shows that more than 90% of islanders interviewed fully accept that the climate crisis is happening, with a further 76% claiming to have personally experienced global heating in their daily lives, from coping with dangerous sea ice journeys to having sled dogs euthanised for economic reasons tied to shorter winters.

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