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the campaigns and improve its view by those
not involved.
• The absence of defined financial and technical
resources to support the organisation of climate strike activities locally and globally, particularly in countries where such resources are
limited or non-existent for the youth.
Threats
• Continuous resistance from governments and
businesses, specifically those involved in the
coal, oil, and gas industries. These profitmotivated organisations care more for economic growth rather than concerns with
saving the planet from destruction. There is
little global push towards improving unreliable green energy plants and reducing its startup costs for countries that cannot afford it.
• The absence of an organisational base to
implement and sustain the climate strike
actions moving forward. Considerations must
be taken to create a new organisational structure to drive the climate strike movement forward if organisers are considering working in
collaboration with existing organisations at
local and regional levels to move beyond striking and into community development. These
actions in the future will require the layout of
a considerable amount of resources (human
and finance).
• Working on climate change issues is a longterm occupation. The COPs of UNFCCC has
been going on for over 25 years, and there is
no surety when there will be an amicable resolution to control greenhouse gas emission for
global warming to remain at 1.5 °C. How will
organisers ensure that there will be a critical
mass of youth leaders to drive the climate
strike movement worldwide and to ensure that
when youth move over to adulthood, they stay
motivated enough to continue as activists?
Opportunities
• Time is of the essence when reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming; we
may no longer have the luxury to delay these
efforts (Abram et al. 2019). Sustaining climate
strikes in the future is a necessity to ensure the
continuation of climate actions on the part of
governments and businesses to reducing
global warming. There is need for the injection of resources to build the capacity of the
youth, community organisations and civil networks to enable them to continue to mobilise
the population, organise climate strikes and
other projects and implement innovative strategies to (a) raise the awareness on the impact
of climate change and (b) put pressure on politicians to enforce climate-friendly policies at
local and international levels.
• Ensure that measures are put in place to mobilise financial and technical resources to implement capacity development programmes at
local, regional and international levels. Such
capacity development activities should be
implemented in collaboration with 350.org
and Extinction Rebellion, among others.
• Ensure the extension of the Climate Strike
Movement by building the leadership of youth
and community organisations so that these can
professionally implement strikes and other
innovative strategies at grassroots levels. Such
work should focus on (a) building the resilience of the communities to adapt to climate
change and other development calamities and
(b) developing and strengthening of regional
and national networks.
• The issue of youth participation in climate
action is an area that is emerging rapidly. The
development of a conceptual framework is
needed urgently to enable future research in
this area to provide a clearer understanding of
the Youth Climate Strike Movement and similar youth development phenomena.
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the campaigns and improve its view by those
not involved.
• The absence of defined financial and technical
resources to support the organisation of climate strike activities locally and globally, particularly in countries where such resources are
limited or non-existent for the youth.
Threats
• Continuous resistance from governments and
businesses, specifically those involved in the
coal, oil, and gas industries. These profitmotivated organisations care more for economic growth rather than concerns with
saving the planet from destruction. There is
little global push towards improving unreliable green energy plants and reducing its startup costs for countries that cannot afford it.
• The absence of an organisational base to
implement and sustain the climate strike
actions moving forward. Considerations must
be taken to create a new organisational structure to drive the climate strike movement forward if organisers are considering working in
collaboration with existing organisations at
local and regional levels to move beyond striking and into community development. These
actions in the future will require the layout of
a considerable amount of resources (human
and finance).
• Working on climate change issues is a longterm occupation. The COPs of UNFCCC has
been going on for over 25 years, and there is
no surety when there will be an amicable resolution to control greenhouse gas emission for
global warming to remain at 1.5 °C. How will
organisers ensure that there will be a critical
mass of youth leaders to drive the climate
strike movement worldwide and to ensure that
when youth move over to adulthood, they stay
motivated enough to continue as activists?
Opportunities
• Time is of the essence when reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming; we
may no longer have the luxury to delay these
efforts (Abram et al. 2019). Sustaining climate
strikes in the future is a necessity to ensure the
continuation of climate actions on the part of
governments and businesses to reducing
global warming. There is need for the injection of resources to build the capacity of the
youth, community organisations and civil networks to enable them to continue to mobilise
the population, organise climate strikes and
other projects and implement innovative strategies to (a) raise the awareness on the impact
of climate change and (b) put pressure on politicians to enforce climate-friendly policies at
local and international levels.
• Ensure that measures are put in place to mobilise financial and technical resources to implement capacity development programmes at
local, regional and international levels. Such
capacity development activities should be
implemented in collaboration with 350.org
and Extinction Rebellion, among others.
• Ensure the extension of the Climate Strike
Movement by building the leadership of youth
and community organisations so that these can
professionally implement strikes and other
innovative strategies at grassroots levels. Such
work should focus on (a) building the resilience of the communities to adapt to climate
change and other development calamities and
(b) developing and strengthening of regional
and national networks.
• The issue of youth participation in climate
action is an area that is emerging rapidly. The
development of a conceptual framework is
needed urgently to enable future research in
this area to provide a clearer understanding of
the Youth Climate Strike Movement and similar youth development phenomena.
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