Young People and Climate Change

Product Overview

Though we are a product of nature, human over-exploitation of natural resources poses a serious threat to people and the environment everywhere. This volume of essays deals with climate change, communications and youth engagement. The bookdiscusses the growth of young people's involvement with climate change internationally and the role of media and communications in that process, the impact on industries such as fashion and textiles and the crucial importance of social media to activists. One key argument is that increasing national and global resources dedicated to climate change should encourage key communicative practices, such as the adoption of daily routines and rituals, helping to retain the relevance of climate change to our individual and collective lives. The book argues that while the world needs collective action in tackling climate change, understanding the challenges of taking such action, especially for young people, is vital to our understanding of climate change. Contributing authors come from Bangladesh, India, Italy, Switzerland and the UK, and provide a broad Asian and European perspective on key issues.