Climate change may spark youth movement

28 August 2018 2 mins read Paul Ennals

Paul Ennals is the independent chair at two local safeguarding children boards.

It is often claimed that today's children and young people do not have the same level of commitment to social issues as some previous generations.

I am not so sure. In fact, I think that the conditions may be converging for us to see a big upturn in youth engagement with perhaps the greatest issue of our time - climate change.

There are five conditions necessary for a major social movement - and four of them seem to be visible now.

First, the moral purpose must be clear. That's pretty easy - saving the planet from desolation, preserving many of the species that face extinction… you don't get much more moral than that.

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