Student and Youth-Led Movements
Do you want to get involved in climate movements led by and for students? Check out the resources linked below to learn more and get involved.
- UNESCO Youth Action Climate Network: This network was launched in 2019 with the goal of “connecting youth climate networks from all over the world to enhance cooperation and upscale youth-led climate action and research.”
- Montana Teens Win Lawsuit against State for Climate Pollution: In 2023 a judge in Montana sided with a group of young environmental activists who argued the state was violating its constitution by promoting fossil fuel development without considering the impact on climate change. National Public Radio’s William Brangham examined the arguments on both sides of the case before the trial and reports on the ruling’s implications in Montana and nationwide.
- Earth Uprising: Founded on Earth Day of 2019, the foundation of Earth Uprising stemmed from the goal to educate young people on climate change and empower them to take action once they were educated. Since then we have expanded our focus and work to also amplify youth from around the world and give them the resources and space they need in order to go out and create change.
- ‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis
- Youth Unstoppable (Film): YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE takes us inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold stories of youth on the front lines of climate change refusing to let their futures slip away. Over the course of 12 years and set against stunning visuals of a planet in crisis, YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE follows the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in.
- With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change