'The antidote to despair is action': Lesley Hughes on motivation through a climate crisis - video

Lesley Hughes was one of the first scientists to warn that global heating could lead to species extinctions. Now one of Australia's most influential climate science advocates, Hughes speaks with Guardian Australia about the importance of hope in the face of a crisis. ? Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTubeThis video is part of Weight of the World: a climate scientist's burden. The series features three pioneering Australian climate change scientists - Graeme Pearman, Lesley Hughes and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg. The series tells the story of how the three scientists made their discoveries, how they came under attack for their science and the personal toll it has taken on them. And importantly, how they stay hopeful.See the other pieces in our series Weight of the world: a climate scientist's burden'Where did I go wrong?' The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarmPodcast: The climate scientists who saw the crisis coming - Weight of the world, part 1If I was feeling hopeless about the climate, what of the scientists? So I asked them | Graham Readfearn Continue reading...