What is a Trustee and why join a Board? A blog post for young people.
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This is Scotland’s Year of Climate Action, the year when we host the UN Climate Change conference, COP26. A historic opportunity! But can governments imagine the new future or are we consigned to repeat our mistakes until it is too late?
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We are now accepting applications for Trustees to join our Board. They will help govern and lead the organisation, and guide it through this exciting next chapter as we develop our small staff team and invaluable volunteer team.
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The 2021 Scottish Parliament election is just a week away. Yesterday we revealed what the election priorities are of the young people we asked are - and it should come as no surprise that we are overwhelmingly concerned by how the next Scottish Government will act on climate change.
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The Scottish Parliamentary elections on 6 May will define the next 5 years of politics in Scotland and young people are clear: climate change must be top of the agenda.
Our survey of nearly 70 young people and leaders from our network found that 88% of respondents listed ‘climate change and the environment’ as one of their top three election priorities.
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Budgeting for the Climate Crisis is a podcast miniseries where we hear from three experts on what the 2021 Scottish budget means for Scotland’s climate ambitions, and how young people can get their voices heard and influence future budgets.
At the end of January I was able to speak to MSPs in the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee as part of an evidence session on the Climate Change Plan Update (CCPU), on behalf of 2050 Climate Group’s Policy Subgroup. I attempt to reflect on the session and the significance of youth engagement with climate policy.
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69% of young people aged 16-24 view climate change as an immediate and urgent problem, and in 2019, for the first time, this view was shared by a majority of people in every age group too. However, this increase in concern has not been matched by an increase in climate action. In order to try to address this, the Scottish Government is currently consulting on a draft public engagement strategy for climate change, called “Net-Zero Nation”.
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Dan Yaxley of 2050 Climate Group writes about the links between queer activism and the climate movement as part of LGBT+ History Month 2021
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