Engaging youth in climate discussions and decision-making for planetary and public health

Youth have a key role and right to participate in climate discussions and decision-making yet have limited structural power and agency to influence actions by governments and fossil fuel and high-polluting industries. ...research advocates for renewed commitment from the public health community to meaningfully platform youth in climate discussions, and advocate for their role as genuine actors in climate decision-making. It also highlights the importance of engaging structurally disadvantaged and marginalised groups including young women, youth in lower-middle income countries and in First Nations communities.

The preparation for a Community KNoT will be different, depending on what it is.

The suggested preparation is to "do your research" into the activity/event. For example, if you are going to see a guest speaker present, do a little background research, such as spending some time reading their latest work, finding out about them (ie wikipedia, etc), or listening to an interview with them.

The default completion task for a Campus KNOT is a short reflection.

This should be the equivalent of 1 page, and can include pictures (such as a photo of you attending, or a picture of an important slide).

We encourage you to reflect on the skill or knowledge that you developed through the activity, particularly how it might be useful or not in your creating social change repertoire.

A great prompt to reflect on is a question that you asked the presenter, or would have asked the presenter if there was time.