Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate

Politically active young people are often championed as the Earth's great hope to reverse the climate crisis - but many believe we've already passed the tipping point

When Siddharth Namachivayam casts a ballot in Colorado this fall, he'll forego Democratic nominee Joe Biden, whom he sees as just a Band-Aid," and instead support the longshot Green party candidate focused on climate action.

I guess, yeah, it'd be marginally better if Biden was president, but I don't think Biden being president is more important than the Green party growing in the next couple of years," Namachivayam says.