CLIMATE ONE: If You Won’t, We Will: Youth Action on Climate
A global surge in youth climate action is reverberating from the streets through the highest levels of government. But is it enough to influence the decisions of industry and fossil fuel interests, let alone the current presidential administration?
Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
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Show Notes
Four years ago, 21 student plaintiffs sued the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property by failing to act on climate change. On the other side of the world, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg initiated a global youth strike for climate, prompting 1.6 million students in over 120 countries to leave school in protest of adult inaction. Will this global surge in youth climate action be enough to influence the decisions of industry and fossil fuel interests, let alone the current presidential administration?
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