Youth and climate justice
Representations of young people in action for sustainable futures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5289683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | O S Morgan (0000-0002-1947-1991, University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan Kelowna British Columbia Canada, corresponding author), Fabiola Melchior (UBC Okanagan Kelowna British Columbia Canada), Kimberley Anh Thomas (0000-0002-9600-385X, University of British Columbia Hospital), Kimberley Thomas (0000-0002-9341-9702, UBC Vancouver Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Laura Mcnab‐coomb, Laura McNab‐Coombs (University of Northern British Columbia Prince George British Columbia Canada) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 190 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12547 |
| OpenAlex | W4387219015 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
From fossil fuel corporations sponsoring climate change education to youth-washing international gatherings, young people are bombarded, and simultaneously abandoned, by struggles for climate justice. The root issues fuelling interlocking environmental and social crises are often erased in initiatives involving youth. These crises are a direct result of broader, structural conditions that have become the de facto global order and propel notions of sustainable development. In settler colonial contexts such as Canada, colonialism, capitalism and inequitable forms of violence mutually depend upon one another to perpetuate climate injustice. Youth are increasingly aware of these entanglements, while seemingly discouraged from transformative action. With these tensions in mind, this commentary investigates the obstacles youth face despite making key contributions to justice-focused climate action, and draws attention to the necessity of strengthening meaningful youth engagement. To explore this issue, we engage with climate and environmental justice literature, youth-led initiatives, and youth representation on a global stage
Action (physics · Climate change · Climate justice · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Injustice · Political science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Ecology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Law
Resistance from the Periphery
Youth perspectives on the promotional and public relations strategies of health harming industries
Youth washing as a corporate social responsibility tactic of health-harming industries
Barriers to Young People of Colour in Climate Activism
Carceral geographies and disparities in the proximity to environmental hazards in Washington D.C. Maryland, and Virginia
Reimagining public water
Youthwashing
Collaborative learning on energy justice
Unsettling Conversations on Climate Action
Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice
Slow violence and toxic geographies
A colonized COP
Too late for indigenous climate justice
The role of youth-led activist organisations for contemporary climate activism
Envisioning healthy futures
A case for climate justice education
Movement from the margins to global recognition
Contextualizing climate justice activism
Youth is not a political position”
Environmentalism and Public Policy
Environmental Justice Organizing for Environmental Health
Why would they care?”
The unbearable heaviness of climate coloniality
Solidarity in Climate/Immigrant Justice Direct Action
Living environmentalisms
Critical climate justice
Indigenous science (fiction) for the Anthropocene
Theorising environmental justice
Dumping in Dixie
| Citations per year | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |