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Youth Climate Change Activism: An Exercise in Futility?

Youth Climate Change Activism: An Exercise in Futility?
Artists paint a mural on a a wall next to the Clydeside Expressway near Scottish Events Centre (SEC) which will be hosting the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 13, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Gabriël Moens
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In an address to the Rural Press Club in Brisbane on March 17, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce criticised youth climate change activists, stating: “Those carrying coffins out of Ukraine churches are not focused on climate change.”
Gabriël Moens
Gabriël Moens
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Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland, and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. In 2003, Moens was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the prime minister for services to education. He has taught extensively across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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