The Extent of the Youth’s Climate Fear

The Extent of the Youth’s Climate Fear
graph from Katharina Buchholz/Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib

(Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: segmented bar graph

Visualization Source: Buchholz, Katharina. “The Extent of the Youth’s Climate Fear.” Statista: October 17, 2022.

Data Source: Hickman, Caroline, et al. (2021) “Climate Anxiety in Children and young People and Their Beliefs about Government Responses to Climate Change: A Global Survey.” The Lancet Planetary Health, vol 5, no. 12, Dec. 2021.

Potential Math Content: bar graph, segmented bar graph, percentages, data collection methodogy

Potential Content Connections: climate crisis, climate change, youth, global data

Sustainable Development Goal:
#13 – Climate action