Two out of five young Australians are hesitant about having kids because of climate change, while Australia has ranked 30th of 39 countries on environmental conditions that affect the wellbeing of children. | niltiac climatechange lancet
Two out of five young Australians are hesitant about having kids because of climate change, while Australia has ranked 30th of 39 countries on environmental conditions that affect the wellbeing of children.
The results on young people’s eco-anxiety were no surprise to Luci Crompton, a student at International Grammar Sydney, and Kaya Ozen, at Epping Boys. Both 14, Luci and Kaya were friends in primary school and recently bumped into one another at the School Strike 4 Climate, which Kaya helped organise.
The Unicef report ranked Australia 10th for the “world of the child”, which includes air pollution, water pollution and lead poisoning, and 20th for the “world around the child”, which covers overcrowding, urban green space and road safety. “Young people have seen this, they’ve experienced it, and because of their experiences with drought and bushfires and floods, they can see if we don’t do something specifically about our carbon emissions, this will keep happening,” Maskiell said.
Hazza said they had 100 volunteers who led 10,000 conversations raising climate change as an issue in the area, which has been rocked by bushfires and four floods in three years. “It was very clear that climate was really impactful this election and I think that is what making people feel hopeful, not necessarily that it was a Labor win, but definitely that it was a climate win.”
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