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"On Friday, students will once again down textbooks and laptops and go on
strike for climate action. Many will give their schools a Climate Doctor’s
Certificate signed by three leading climate academics.
These strikes – part of a National Climate Strike – mark five years since
school students started walking out of schools to demand greater action on
climate change. In 2018, the first students to strike defied calls by then
prime minister Scott Morrison for “less activism” and to stay in school.
Last year, Australia voted out the Morrison government, in what was widely seen
as a climate election. Teal independents won Liberal heartland seats on climate
platforms, while the Greens recorded high votes. Labor came to office promising
faster action on climate.
So why are school students still striking? Has the movement changed its focus?
We have been researching these questions alongside young people involved in
climate action in the ongoing Striking Voices project, as well as through the
coauthor’s Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity project.
We found the movement has expanded its demands from climate action to climate
justice, stressing the uneven and unfair distribution of climate impacts. The
movement itself has also become more diverse."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics