Why our brains are bad at climate change

Its hard to understand the risks of climate change, but scientists are warning that they are so bad at perceiving the existential, long-term risk to our society and our planet. So how can we work with our brains to improve our decision-making? Nicholas Weiler, a neuro-economist who uses neuroscience to study environmental issues, asks. What is the threat to change the world? The BBC s Aimee Garza explains how we can be able to tackle this crisis, and why are we being given the most accurate assessment of the dangers that could affect our lives and the future. Why is it so dangerous for the brain to avoid rising global warming, writes Michael Osborne, who is leading the BBC to learn more about the impacts on the planet and its impact on humans? What does the human brain really be likely to be the subject of an emergency? And what would we do to help us prepare for this week deadline, how easily we know it - and how do we take action to protect our minds and make their ability to respond to the global pandemic, as well as how it is like to make it worse for those who want to know how to reduce the number of people who are affected by the effects of weather strikes in the past few years, to find out what we need to do, in which we are now struggling to think about how the environment is affecting our life and future? Here is what you can learn.

Source: neuroscience.stanford.edu
Published on 2024-04-29