For climate activists, watching the impacts of the climate crisis unfold can bring a particular kind of anxiety: knowing what is happening, understanding what is at stake, and still having to find the energy to keep fighting for change.

In this episode of Be the change. Podcast, Lily Mott sits down with climate activist and refugee rights advocate Natasha “Tash” Pavey during the UK’s fifth heatwave of 2026 to talk about climate anxiety, rising temperatures, and what it means to keep taking action when the future can feel overwhelming.

Tash shares what it was like to start climate activism as a teenager, how her understanding of the climate crisis has changed as its impacts become increasingly visible, and why she believes community can be one of the most powerful responses to climate anxiety.

As the climate crisis becomes increasingly difficult to ignore, how do we turn our anxiety and frustration into action?

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Check out the following resources and organizations to learn more and get involved:

• Force of Nature: https://www.forceofnature.xyz/
  • Climate Cafés: https://www.forceofnature.xyz/climate-cafe
• #StopRosebank Campaign: https://www.stopcambo.org.uk/

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