Stories of individual heroes can inspire collective climate action: Prof Ramesh Menon of Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication

Empathetic climate storytelling that humanises impacts, explains causes, and offers solutions can mobilise audiences while reducing eco-anxiety and hopelessness.

Negative news coverage deepens anxiety, limits emotional resilience: Prof Subhash Dhuliya of Newswriters

Media coverage shapes mental health profoundly; anxiety-driven, corporate news narratives overpower constructive storytelling, limiting emotional resilience despite emerging digital and solutions-based media efforts.