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Climate scientist Mark Maslin talks to his 13-year old daughter about why she’s going to a climate strike.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
The move has been likened to putting the country on a “war footing”, with climate and the environment at the very centre of all government policy, rather than being on the fringe of political decisions.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
Climate change is an emergency which will hurt the planet’s most vulnerable people – the only irrational response is cool detachment.
The school strikes are a serious moral challenge to climate inaction, but they must overcome certain challenges to maintain momentum.
How can the climate strikers’ demands of system change be met?
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
Young people don’t get to vote on the issues of the day, but that doesn’t mean they can’t build power and make their voices heard.
Gen Z is best positioned to influence business practices, rather than global climate agreements, where political gridlock appears to be the status quo.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of Manitoba
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Researcher in Climate Change Governance, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
