There is No Plan(et) B: youth activism in the fight against climate change in Cyprus and Greece
The challenges of climate change are acute in the Eastern Mediterranean, a hotspot of rising temperatures. Climate change prompts collaboration and interconnectivity, yet the region is unconnected and steeped in conflict. How do young people see the challenges of climate change and what needs to be done? We compare attitudes and activism among young people in Greece and Cyprus, based on original fieldwork research. What do they think needs to be done? How does politics need to change? What might result from giving youth a stronger voice on this key agenda for the future? ELIAMEP and the Hellenic Observatory bring together experts to help us understand what may change.
Knowledge Partners: LSE Hellenic Observatory, ELIAMEP
Cleopatra Kitti, ELIAMEP Senior Policy Advisor
Lydia Avrami, ELIAMEP Research Fellow
Othon Kaminaris, ELIAMEP Junior Research Fellow
Spyros Spyrou, Professor of Anthropology, European University Cyprus
Eleni Theodorou, Associate Professor, European University Cyprus
Discussant: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics