Youth exchange on climate change and rights
Climate change is also a question of rights. Young people from four countries opened a dialogue on how it affects rights, and how to protect them together.
Why
Climate change is no longer a distant concern: it touches every part of our lives and societies. It is also a question of rights: human rights, workers’ rights, migrants’ rights, animal rights and the rights of nature itself. After the 2023 edition, Green and Fair opened this dialogue with a new group.
What happened
- Understanding the problem: the Climate Fresk, group research and “Where is the world going?”.
- Rights in a changing climate: “Take a step forward”, “What if?” scenarios and an animal-rights workshop.
- Imagining futures: Solarpunk Dreaming, a hopeful look at the world we want, and the Council of All Beings, speaking for other living beings.
- Permaculture: past, present and future of how we live with the land.
- Storytelling: in small teams, participants made short videos on climate and rights, shown to the whole group at the final Videos Gala.
- The Tribes, a world café, a treasure hunt, country presentations and an intercultural night.
Results
- Short storytelling videos on climate change and rights, made by the participants.
- Average overall score: 9.3 out of 10 (26 responses).
“I found out about solarpunk and how I can also think of the climate crisis from a positive perspective, trying to see in which direction I would like the world to go instead of just thinking about the problems.” (a Green and Fair participant)
“Seeing how a non-formal education methodology can be applied, and all its potential.” (a Green and Fair participant, on what they found most interesting)
