Essay by Eric WorrallFear of climate change, regardless of how ill-founded, is having a traumatic impact on millions of people. How Climate Cafes Are Helping People Process Their Emotions Climate cafes are spaces to process emotions related to climate change, support others who are struggling with it, and foster resilience. Inside the Creekside Community Recreation Centre—which overlooks the Vancouver skyline—a group of more than 20 people have gathered for one of Climate Cafe Vancouver’s events, coming together to create art that reflects their emotions about climate change and the climate future they envision. … “I had these big feelings and emotions,” Khurana told me, “but no space to talk about them.”… While these cafes were in part created to inspire action, most of the climate cafes in Canada, like Climate Cafe Vancouver, are first and foremost action-free spaces to process emotions related to climate change, support others who are feeling the weight of the climate crisis, and foster resilience. Except unlike an alcohol abuse wet house, these climate cafe people are mostly physically fine – it is their minds and emotions which are messed up.