The environmental movement is now tightly woven into communities across Australia and its demands are clear. Politicians ignore it at their peril.
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Which party really has young interests at heart? Let’s look at where the major players stand on youth and climate change policy.
The arguments in favour of radical emissions reduction action, including the personal financial risks, grow more compelling by the day.
Symbolic gesture or assertion of state power? Declaring a climate ‘emergency’ walks a fine line between hopeful rhetoric and risk to democracy.
In a recent survey, 64% of youths said they’ve experienced bushfires, heatwaves and drought in the past three years. But 88% believe they’re not taught to protect themselves and their communities.
To limit warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels, we’ll need to cut global emissions by 7.6% each year this decade. It’s difficult, but not impossible.
From mass climate change movements to cultural genocide of Uighurs in China, here are some of the headline human rights moments that captured Australia’s attention.
Young people have reason to protest today and call for action on climate change. But they risk anxiety if they feel they are not heard and nothing is done.
From media coverage to story books, children are consistently represented as prophets or puppets in the midst of climate emergency. It’s time for that to change.
Despite calls for climate change to be part of our education, Australia has not designed, implemented nor funded a coherent, educational approach to our climate emergency.
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its Australian stores for this month’s global climate strike and pay staff to attend the protest, telling customers “if it’s melted, it’s ruined”.
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 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.
When politicians caution against student strikes for climate action, they are going against the aims of Australia’s curriculum to develop citizens with a social conscience, willing to take action.
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Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University
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Formerly Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Clinical Teacher/Solicitor, University of Newcastle
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Education, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
