{"id":8156,"date":"2019-09-24T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2019-09-24T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:20:57","slug":"the-2019-climate-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2019\/09\/24\/the-2019-climate-march\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Climate March: The Social Issue that Captured the Hearts and Minds of the Youngest Global Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judy Koren<\/strong>
\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, September 20, millions of kids, teenagers, and young adults from all around the world marched through the streets under the same cause: to protest the inaction from world leaders to act against climate change. From Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, from the Pacific Islands to New York City\u2014there was global unity for urgent climate action as 150 countries participated in the climate march, said CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fight was inspired and led by Greta Thunberg\u2014a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden who was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize due to her continuing fight for climate justice and equity. CBS News reports that Greta marched alongside an estimated 250,000 in New York City on Friday ahead of her delivering an address at the annual United Nations General Assembly and The Climate Action Summit. In fact, The New York Times<\/a> reports that \u201cdemonstrators as young as 9\u201d welcomed Greta when she arrived via an emissions-free sailboat in the New York Harbor.<\/p>\n

The march was widely recognized by major cities across the United States, as multiple school districts debated whether to excuse school absences. According to The New York Times, Mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio, excused the absences of 1.1 million public students. Will Mantell, a spokesman of the Education Department, encouraged schools to hold discussions \u201cabout the impact of climate change and the importance of civic engagement.\u201d This is not the first time De Blasio excused the absences of students to protest; the Mayor did so in 2018 for \u00a0March For Our Lives regarding gun control.<\/p>\n

One student who attended the march was Parker LaCourse, a 21-year-old senior at Seton Hall University\u2019s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. After interning at the UN Foundation as the Public Affairs Intern in the spring, and UNA-USA as the Youth Engagement Intern in the summer, LaCourse became involved in the march through his UNF internship where he was requested to provide social coverage of the demonstrations.<\/p>\n

At Friday\u2019s strike, LaCourse was \u201cin awe of the students\u2019 determination and how they channeled their frustrations into this movement.\u201d In addition, LaCourse said that, although there were an overwhelming amount of high school and elementary students, the older generations \u201care starting to join in and throw their weight behind the issue.\u201d In response to the volume of young protesters, LaCourse stated that they \u201chave clearer minds\u2026 and they understand how grave of an issue the climate crisis presents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chase Cohen, a 17-year-old climate activist and Diplomacy and International Relations student at Seton Hall University, attended Friday\u2019s climate march marking her second protest this year. Inspired by the work of Greta, Chase was \u201cproud\u201d that primarily high school students protested \u201ctogether to make a difference.\u201d When asked why she thinks so many young people are involved, Chase credited social media, \u201cit allows us to connect with others and creates awareness for problems around the world,\u201d and exposes people to a broad spectrum of new ideas.<\/p>\n

Chase highlighted that the science around the climate crisis is being ignored; \u201cwe are the ones who are going to be alive to feel the effects of climate change,\u201d so now is the time we must demand meaningful action. In addition, Chase emphasized that \u201cwe have to be the change,\u201d and while global leaders can call the young activists inspiring, \u201cto truly support us they have to actually make a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

One NGO supportive of climate action and the youth march is The Tinker Institute on International Law and Organizations<\/a>, whose mission is \u201cresearch, teaching, and training about international law, sustainable development, and the United Nations System, offering assistance in compliance with international law.\u201d UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16\u2014peace, justice, and strong institutions\u2014is one of five SDG\u2019s that are of importance to the Institute, in addition to SDG 5 on gender equality, SDG 6 on freshwater and sanitation, SDG 13 on climate change and SDG 14 on oceans.<\/p>\n

Dr. Catherine Tinker, President and Founder of The Tinker Institute on International Law and Organizations, was asked whether she believes that the astounding participation of young people will significantly prompt a higher level of implementation for transparency and good-governance from world leaders who, arguably, can no longer ignore the increasing demand for climate justice. In response, Dr. Tinker wrote that she finds it to be \u201cno surprise\u201d that \u201ctogether with many older persons who agree with the demonstrators,\u201d young people are actively seeking \u201cbroad participation in governance and demand accountability of those in power today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Dr. Tinker expressed that young people marching against climate change do influence world leaders. She trains interns each semester to attend U.N. meetings and contribute their ideas. Dr. Tinker added that the youth \u201care the next generation of voters, consumers, innovators, investors, and decision-makers,\u201d so a factor right now is whether the \u201cpoliticians and business leaders will act in time for today\u2019s youth to save future generations and a healthy planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fondly, Dr. Tinker recalled one slogan from Friday\u2019s youth-led march: \u201cYou had a future. We want one too!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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