<p>This week on Connect the Dots, we investigate the psychological mechanisms behind climate change <em>inaction</em> in discussion with psychologist and environmental scholar <a href="https://humansandnature.org/susan-clayton/">Susan Clayton</a> – who co-authored the American Psychological Association (APA) reports on “Psychology and Global Climate Change” – and Kate Melges, an oceans campaigner at Greenpeace USA who works to end the flow of plastic pollution. </p>