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The kids are right when it comes to climate change, says an ethicist: adults have a moral and ethical responsibility to take the necessary actions to stop climate change.
Scott Morrison told reporters he discussed climate change with his daughters, aged 10 and 12, but didn't share, unfortunately, the girls' views on the subject.
Humans consume excessive resources with little or no benefits to well-being – and the politics of our economy are to blame. To counter the influence of industries in democracy, we must strike.
Mass strikes help target the psychological factors most important for acting on climate change, by emphasizing social norms and reinforcing the effectiveness of collective action.
Climate deniers have joyously laboured to create a world potentially uninhabitable for our children. Our activism has failed, and rebellion may be the only answer.
A research team of youth climate activists and academics is examining how environmentalists learn about solidarity and justice.
I have studied radical environmental groups for years – they will be key to keeping government honest.
Climate scientist Mark Maslin talks to his 13-year old daughter about why she's going to a climate strike.
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.
I helped write the IPCC 1.5°C report the number apparently comes from. But the truth is better – and worse – than that.
How can the climate strikers' demands of system change be met?
Four pieces of advice for young people wanting to fight climate change.
Climate change will hit young people hardest, yet they cannot access the democratic processes that adults take for granted.
In these divided times, young people are uniting to claim a political platform and fight climate change.
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW
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Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme, University of Oxford
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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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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Researcher, University of Manchester
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Teaching Fellow in Social Work and Psychotherapy, University of Bath
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Professor in Social Ecology and Ecological Economics, University of Leeds
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Sustainability, Environment & Education and Deputy Dean Research, School of Education, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Trinity College Dublin
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Research Fellow in Childhood, Youth and Education Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of Manitoba
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Professor in Contentious Politics and Social Change, University of Leeds
