Catherine Conlon: Anger motivates activists more than hope does

Now is the time for us all to participate to ensure the battle for the climate crisis becomes the biggest political movement in history

A young woman shouts slogans as she marches with thousands of others during a climate change protest in Brussels. Picture: AP

From scorching heat to deadly storms, floods, wildfires and hurricanes, the northern hemisphere has had no rest this year from the "summer of hell". 

Despite repeated climate catastrophes across Europe, Asia, Canada and the US, a new study reported that on average people have fairly mild feelings about the planet heating up.