Climate Fatigue And How To Overcome It 0 April 19, 2021 09:49 by Niamh Robinson Rosie Pinder Arguably one of the biggest, but also most overlooked, barriers preventing real climate action is the mental health phenomenon of climate fatigue. In other words, having the feeling that your actions are futile in the face of climate disaster, a feeling that may be further compounded by the inaction of others seeming to negate your own efforts. I have certainly felt this kind of frustration, when it appears that people just don’t care about the problems facing our environment. Seeing the recent littering, mainly caused by students, in parks around Nottingham following the reintroduction of the rule of six is one example.