At the end of 2023, it might feel that the world before the Covid-19 pandemic was far further in the past than a mere five years ago. Then, 2019 saw the peak of Fridays for Future climate strikes and the rise of the new generation of the climate movement. Now, much of this action has quietened down. While some might interpret this as a sign of youth’s naivety, others may see it as confirmation that yet more concrete avenues for change are closing and feel resigned that the world is heading towards a global environmental catastrophe.
Neither reaction does young people in the climate movement any favours. Nor does it provide a constructive insight into the lessons we can learn from our recent past, in order to fight for a better tomorrow in the new and more challenging present.
