The next generation of leaders, those who will bear the full burden of rising temperatures, are increasingly terrified of climate change.

According to a recent international study, 56% of teenagers and young adults believe that humanity is doomed. While young people are right to feel concerned about our planet’s health, some climate activists’ alarmist rhetoric is creating a mental health crisis — and undermining our ability to solve the climate crisis. We must reject climate alarmism, and climate denialism, to beat climate change.