Anna Rose is an author, activist and environmentalist. She is the author of the book Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic, co-founder and former Chair of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, and co-convenes the Vice-Chancellor’s course in Leadership & Influence at Australia National University. In this interview she speaks about her essay ‘Change, loss, power and sacrifice: Forging a braver Australia‘, in which she talks about the anxieties, fears and sense of loss which need to be addressed by activists in order to effect action on climate change.