Six young climate activists and negotiators at Cop30 shared their hopes and demands.
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Young people are climate change activists, but largely excluded from global meetings, and aren’t taken seriously when they do get there.
Four international courts are due to deliver advisory opinions on how governments are legally responsible for climate justice.
A digital archive highlights the use of art in protest against police brutality, racism and the ongoing impact of colonization.
The socio-political and legal push by small island developing states and youth activists at the UN climate summit reflects the motivation seen in the Moana films.
Young Australians and New Zealanders have been campaigning for better climate action for years. It seems their message might be getting through, according to new research.
Fresh debate and discussions with youth activists challenging the status quo can have real legal and political weight.
Since the major demonstrations organised in Madrid (COP25) and Glasgow (COP26), young people seem to have less and less of a voice at the UN’s major climate conferences. Why?
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Our assumptions about what it means to be young have left millions of people disenfranchised.
Girls are leading activist movements across the world, but don’t see themselves as political.
Literary texts are useful for environmental communication and can deal with the complexity of climate change.
Young Muslim activists in Indonesia turn to faith to undertake the sacred task of protecting the natural world. This echoes the growing popularity of ‘green Islam’ as an important global youth agenda.
Understanding how early on in childhood political interest is sparked –– and what sparks it –– is crucial to giving more people a voice
Listen to the fourth episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
The long-awaited ruling by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is as groundbreaking as it is disappointing. Where to next for young climate activists?
A researcher on youth organizing presents her evidence for how critical race theory benefits students and society.
Telling girls to smile pressures distracts them from the very real, dangerous and sometimes deadly challenges that girls around the world face.
Historically, Muslim scholars have coupled their study of nature to their understanding of Allah. Today, young Muslim women are leading change through an Islamic eco-consciousness with grit.
Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Researcher, International Climate Politics, University of Leeds
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Law, University College Cork; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Education, Villanova University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marist College
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elea Research Fellow in Social Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Professor of Childhood Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor, School of Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Research associate, Centre for the Future of Democracy, University of Cambridge
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Chercheuse post-doctorale, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Professor Emerita of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder
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Jeffrey Bain Scholar & Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark
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Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University