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.
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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.
I helped write the IPCC 1.5°C report the number apparently comes from. But the truth is better – and worse – than that.
Climate change is an emergency which will hurt the planet's most vulnerable people – the only irrational response is cool detachment.
The 1930s New Deal created a civilian army of conservationists who planted forests and restored wilderness.
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?
Facing up to the horror of climate change can help us work towards a more sustainable culture. Young people are leading the way.
What's the best thing I can do to help the climate? How long is the planet going to last? These questions and more answered by a climate scientist.
Climate change will hit young people hardest, yet they cannot access the democratic processes that adults take for granted.
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PhD Researcher in Science Communication, Australian National University
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme, University of Oxford
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Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Assistant Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Trinity College Dublin
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PhD candidate, University of St Andrews
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Research Fellow in Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds
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Associate Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Principal Lecturer and Environmental Programme Manager, University of Portsmouth
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PhD Researcher in Climate Change Governance, University of Leeds
