Young people are taking their future into their own hands. What does the youth movement for climate justice look like? How are they making their voices heard, and will they have the impact they intend?

School climate strikes resume across the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/25/fridays-for-future-school-climate-strikes-resume

How Fridays for Future Keeps the Climate Relevant Amidst Other Crises

https://www.dw.com/en/how-fridays-for-future-keeps-the-climate-relevant-as-other-crises-rage/a-61232469

https://fridaysforfuture.org/

Sunrisers are marching over 600 miles across the Gulf South and California

https://www.sunrisemovement.org/campaign/generation-on-fire/

The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change

https://www.sunrisemovement.org/about/

South Korean students shave heads in protest

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/skorean-students-shave-heads-protest-over-japans-nuclear-waste-water-plan-2021-04-20/

Colombian youth file the first climate change lawsuit in Latin America

https://www.dejusticia.org/en/colombian-youth-file-first-climate-change-lawsuit-latin-america/

Youth activists not just skipping school, they are also taking concrete steps to influence the policymaking process

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/youth-climate-activists-arent-just-striking-theyre-taking-policy-action/

Kids vs. the World in a Landmark Climate Complaint

https://gizmodo.com/its-kids-vs-the-world-in-a-landmark-new-climate-lawsui-1838343565

Well, these Canadian elementary school students WANTED to protest…..

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbe-climate-strike-ban-sunalta-elementary-1.5299356

Boston’s Global Climate Strike organized by local groups

https://thescopeboston.org/7857/news/environmental-activists-join-bostons-global-climate-strike-organized-by-local-groups/

In 185 countries, an estimated 7.6 million people have attended Fridays for Future climate strikes.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/are-you-ready-climate-strike-fridays-for-future-friday

1.1 Million were approved to Skip School for Climate Protest

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/nyregion/youth-climate-strike-nyc.html

Belgrade joins global climate strike with second Fridays for Future protest

https://balkangreenenergynews.com/belgrade-joins-global-climate-strike-with-second-fridays-for-future-protest/

Why we shouldn’t need a Fridays for Future Movement | Franziska Marhold | TEDxVienna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynwIZIdsb7w

BUT….. the issue of Climate Change is curiously absent from shows for kids

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-6-winter/critic-s-notebook/children-s-programming-needs-tackle-climate-change

Organized climate change denial shapes public opinion on global warming

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-change-denial-fossil-fuel-think-tank-sceptic-misinformation-1.5297236

Fridays For Future U.S. - We Don't Care

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLi_Y3OF1q4

Protest in Glasgow and around the world for action against climate change

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/06/1053218525/cop26-glasgow-global-climate-action-protests

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