As the workforce adapts to the new demands that climate change imposes, critical hope is necessary for workers in all types of sustainable jobs. Critical hope, or hope that is constructive and grounded in the severity of the climate crisis, is a disposition that can be cultivated through various emotional, cognitive, and behavioral processes. In a new research brief, NLL Researchers Alyssa Gandolph and Isabella Capeci define critical hope, make a case for its importance in workforce development, and point to some key processes that help cultivate the disposition.
