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Why long-term financial planning feels impossible during climate crisis

My retirement savings feel meaningless because I don't believe the world I'm saving for will exist when I'm sixty-five.

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Environmental catastrophism undermines the basic assumption of continuity that makes delayed gratification and future planning psychologically possible.

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“Where Are You with Environmental grief?”

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