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0.0 E X E CU TIV E SUMM AR Y 1.0 IN T RODUC T ION 1.1 Curriculum 1.2 Methods 1.2.1 A note on terminology 1.3 Recent Scholarship on Youth Engagement with Climate Change 1.4 Background: Climate Change and Cities 1.4.1 Case Studies: The cities youth team members call home 2 .0 F INDINGS : You th K now ledge and E x per ience o f Clima te Change 2.1 Experiencing Climate Change at Home 2.1.1 Direct and indirect experiences of environmental change 2.1.2 Social landscapes of climate change Support: Parents, Teachers, and Organizational opportunities Barriers: Ageism and peer pressure 2.1.3 Educational Experiences of Climate Change The Role of Teachers 2.1.4 Emotions and Motivation to Engage: Why Care about Climate Change? 2.2 Youth Perspectives on Climate Change Responsibility and Action 2.2.1 Individual responsibility for climate change 2.2.2 Justice 2.2.3 Systems Change: Governments, Schools, and Citizens 2.2.4 Do youth diagnose the underlying causes of climate change? 2.2.5 The absence of collective action 2.3 Project Impact 2.3.1 Relationships: deepening youth understanding of climate change 2.3.2 Changes to Emotions, Efficacy, and Motivations 2.3.3 Youth perspectives on the IPCC Project and Climate Change Pedagogy 2.3.4 Where to next, passionate youth? Social media, community networks, and climate change communication What will be the long term impact of the IPCC Project and White Paper? 3.0 DISCUSSION 3.1 The Conundrums of Youth Engagement 3.2 What helped: real relationships, emotional trust, local ecosystems, and justice. 3.3 Replicating project benefits? Caveats and possibilities 3.4 Creating Political and Emotional Spaces for Youth 4 .0 RE COMMENDAT IONS 5 .0 REF ERENCE S INTRODUCTION p4 FINDINGS p20 DISCUSSION p64 RECOMMENDATIONS p74 REFERENCES p78 | 01 Y O U T H A N D C L I M A T E C H A N G E 2 0 1 8 E D I T I O N

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