Speaking Youth to Power

Influencing Climate Policy at the United Nations

Mark Terry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXIX, 219 Seiten

2024 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-14300-7 (ISBN)

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This book examines the methods and approaches currently being taken by the global community of youth in influencing environmental policymakers of the United Nations. It is divided into two sections: The Groundswell Approach, exploring the use of social media and mass gatherings aimed at raising public awareness of the issue of climate change; and The Direct Approach, a participatory methodology that encourages collaboration directly with the policymaker and youth in the discussions and creation of progressive climate policy for the world. The book also delivers a detailed analysis of the United Nations' only database of youth-produced documentary films related to climate change research, impacts, and proposed solutions: the Youth Climate Report, arguing that film is a powerful and effective communications tool for the policymaker. The book proposes two frameworks and explores their in-field applications for successful youth climate activism.

Mark Terry is a scholar, explorer, and filmmaker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and The Explorers Club. He teaches at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, and the Faculty of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.

1. Disruptive Voices.- 2. An Inconvenient Youth.- 3. Opening the Door to Negotiation.- 4. A Seat at the Table.- 5. The Direct Approach: A Participatory Framework for Meaningful Youth Engagement with UN Policymakers.- 6. The Emerging Role of Youth at UN Climate Summits.- 7. Lights! Camera! Action! The Use of Film by Youth and the UNFCCC.- 8. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication
Zusatzinfo	XXIX, 219 p. 6 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	climate change • Cop • Documentary Film • youth activism • Youth Climate Report
ISBN-10	3-031-14300-0 / 3031143000
ISBN-13	978-3-031-14300-7 / 9783031143007
Zustand	Neuware