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AAP
Environment
Adrian Black

Cool heads for kids as disasters stoke climate anxiety

Climate anxiety is growing among children, and youth in regional areas are closer to many disasters. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

When Lily O'Neill and her husband Nick were planning their evacuation from bushfires bearing down on their town, they suddenly realised their son was missing.

Two-year-old Tom was already in the driveway on his balance bike, sporting a nappy, his backpack and a stackhat.

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