So today we are all about championing youth activism towards climate action, especially in an international/global context, from Sweden to South Korea and Canada. I had a dialogue with a Swedish academic and post-doctoral researcher from Lund University, Yi Hyun Kang, whose specialty is environmental politics.

Currently, she is conducting a BECC study on the governance of biodiversity and the global climate, paying close attention to institutional reactions and interactions. Her areas of interest are international relations, development on climate change and biodiversity, policy process analysis, and the decision-making processes of environmental politics with an emphasis on climate change and biodiversity. Her job experiences in research, international development, and journalism have shaped her interests. For today’s episode, I learned more about how the upcoming generation of young people is mobilized and influenced towards organizing strikes and engaging in policy advocacy.

Here's the episode overview:

• Icebreaker and Personal Insights

• Curiosities and Uncertainties in Research

• Transition from Journalism to Environmental Research

• Defining Sustainable Development and Its Challenges

• Political Perspectives on Environmental Governance

• Core Values in Environmental Research

• Youth Activism and Climate Action

• Environmental Justice and Its Implications

• Comparative Perspectives on Climate Activism

• The Role of Media in Climate Movements

• Citizen Activism and Just Sustainabilities

• Environmental Justice and Social Equity

• Skills For Change Makers in Environmental Politics

• The Role of Climate Action in Scandinavian Countries

• Cultural Perspectives of Environmentalism in South Korea

• Education and Environmental Awareness

• Political Campaigns and the Ecological Turn

• Greta Thunberg: A Symbol of Youth Actvism

• Ecological Modernization and Sustainability
• Advice for Citizen Activism and Engagement
• Sustainable U End Note
  

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Music credits

Be Forest (2014).Sparkle.

Live on WFMU's Dark Night of the Soul with Julie: Nov 6, 2014.Free Music Archive. Retrieved from https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Be_Forest/Live_on_WFMUs_Dark_Night_of_the_Soul_with_Julie_Nov_6_2014/Sparkle/ Be Forestis licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Be Forest (2014).Airwaves. Live on WFMU's Dark Night of the Soul with Julie: Nov 20, 2014.Free Music Archive. Retrieved from https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Be_Forest/Live_on_WFMUs_Dark_Night_of_the_Soul_with_Julie_Nov_6_2014/Airwaves/