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Voices of Climate Trauma: Resilience Amidst Devastation

9/12/2025

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Eparama Qerewaqa from Fiji reflects on childhood joys lost to climate change, particularly after Cyclone Yasa in 2020, which caused widespread destruction and displacement.
He feels ecoanxiety over lost land and identity but finds hope in his community's resilience.
In Brazil, Amanda Rossini Martins recounts the severe floods of May 2024, the worst in 80 years, resulting in significant casualties and property loss.
She confronts fears about the future and motherhood amid climate uncertainty while advocating for climate justice.
Pwausoko Madayi from Nigeria experienced life-altering floods in 2022 that destroyed his soy farm, forcing a shift to rice farming. He emphasizes the lack of mental health support for farmers facing climate disasters and the persistent fear of future floods.

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Eparama Qerewaqa from Fiji reflects on childhood joys lost to climate change, particularly after Cyclone Yasa in 2020, which caused widespread destruction and displacement.
He feels ecoanxiety over lost land and identity but finds hope in his community's resilience.
In Brazil, Amanda Rossini Martins recounts the severe floods of May 2024, the worst in 80 years, resulting in significant casualties and property loss.
She confronts fears about the future and motherhood amid climate uncertainty while advocating for climate justice.
Pwausoko Madayi from Nigeria experienced life-altering floods in 2022 that destroyed his soy farm, forcing a shift to rice farming. He emphasizes the lack of mental health support for farmers facing climate disasters and the persistent fear of future floods.