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The Youth Climate Uprising
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03 September 2024

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
David Fopp (PhD in philosophy and education) researches theories of sustainability and societal transformation; as well as the theory and practice of education for a sustainable democracy by the means of drama-in-education. He researched and taught at the universities of Berlin, Wien, Basel, Paris (École Normale Supérieure), and Stockholm (child and youth studies, and drama education).
Isabelle Axelsson is a youth climate justice activist and studied human geography at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Loukina Tille is a youth climate justice activist and studies political science at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Frontmatter 1
Editorial 2
Contents 5
Timeline 9
Introduction 15
The strangers 25
Contents 31
Chapter 1: Swedish Beginnings 32
Chapter 2: Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion Start to Grow 61
Chapter 3: The Foundations 77
Chapter 4: The International Movement Develops 95
Chapter 5: Davos and the World Economic Forum 115
Chapter 6: The Prelude to the Uprising 137
Chapter 7: The Uprising 147
Contents 163
Chapter 1: The Second Global Strike and the Preparations for the Week for Future 165
Chapter 2: Smile For Future in Lausanne and Scientists for Future 171
Chapter 3: The Week For Future 193
Chapter 4: COP25 in Madrid 201
Chapter 5: Corona, BlackLivesMatter and the Climate Justice Movement 215
Chapter 6: Many Fights, One Heart - UprootTheSystem 231
Chapter 7: The Idea of Social Movements and the Journey to Glasgow - What Is the Right Way to Live? 261
Chapter 8: The War, Fuel, and the Global Social Contract 285
Chapter 9: Education in Times of Crisis - Learning from Young People on the Way to "Centres of Sustainability" 307
Chapter 10: Global democracy, the Elections, and the Future 347
Contents 363
Chapter 1: What the Climate Strike Movement is About 364
Chapter 2: On the Relationship Between Young People and Adults 375
What a Global United Climate Movement Could Fight for 385
Epilogue 399
Illustrations 403
Bibliography 405