Alternatively, sadness and grief lead to very little action at all. It's something I see in myself and others close to me who are concerned about climate change

Alternatively, sadness and grief lead to very little action at all. It's something I see in myself and others close to me who are concerned about climate change. When we respond with righteous anger, we have an energy to try and do something (attend a city council meeting, change ingrained habits, go out to pick up a bunch trash, etc). When I feel grief instead, there's no energy or motivation. Just a feeling of hopelessness - that I have no agency or that nothing I can do makes a difference. Anger is better in this case, imo.