Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact
Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact
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DOI：
10.3390/su12104127
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Ahn, Sang Wuk
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作者：
Han, Heejin;Ahn, Sang Wuk
受到格蕾塔·桑伯格（Greta Thunberg）周五学校罢工的启发，“气候罢工”于2018年和2019年出现，作为一种青年社会运动形式，要求对气候变化采取深远的行动。青年为应对气候变化采取了各种行动，但学术界对青年气候动员的重视不够。因此，本研究探讨了是什么促使青年动员起来，以及他们如何塑造全球气候政治和治理等问题。这项研究特别关注青年活动家的叙述，以解决他们对气候变化的理解以及他们关于如何应对气候变化的想法。青年集体行动成功地让全球气候不作为和惰性成为问题，并从正义的角度构建了气候变化框架，但活动人士在将其道德合法性转化为全面变革所需的力量方面面临着限制。总体而言，这项研究表明，在全球气候变化领域，年轻人作为变革推动者的出现，以及让他们参与气候变化治理和政策制定的紧迫性。
Galvanized by Greta Thunberg's idea for Friday school strikes, "climate strikes" emerged in 2018 and 2019 as a form of youth social movement demanding far-reaching action on climate change. Youths have taken various actions to combat climate change, but academics have not paid sufficient attention to youth climate mobilization. This study thus examines the questions of what has motivated youth to mobilize and how they have shaped global climate politics and governance. This study focuses particularly on the narrative of youth activists to address their understanding of climate change and their ideas regarding how to respond to it. Youth collective action has succeeded in problematizing global climate inaction and inertia and in framing climate change from a justice perspective, but activists have faced limitations in converting their moral legitimacy into the power required for sweeping changes. Overall, this study demonstrates the emergence of young people as agents of change in the global climate change arena and the urgency of engaging them in climate change governance and policymaking.