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Young people will experience the consequences of climate change the most and they often express their fear of the future, especially with the current climate policies being absolutely inadequate. The government does not take much action to mitigate climate change and young people do not use their voice in an effective way. Our project aims to change this: by planning to organize young people to participate in their society and to become active citizens, we wish to advocate for effective climate protection.
Czech Republic relies heavily on coal for energy production and, as this year has proven, is unable to prepare satisfactory plans for coal phase-out, which might soon affect its citizens badly. Even though phase-out around the year 2030 is recommended to fulfil the country’s pledge, the government did not even agree with 2035.
In our project, we will try to offer education on the topic to the public and work mainly with young people to improve their civic engagement. A special emphasis will be put on the regions where coal is mined and where the environment protection is at least implemented. We plan to introduce the concept of activism to young people through events with our organization (which consists of students only). At these events, we will discuss climate protection and help young people formulate and later convey their demands. Together, we will start a campaign to communicate the need and demand for adequate climate policies.
In this way, we wish to achieve a change in our society: more active citizens among the young people, more constructive debates about climate change and subsequently higher-quality climate mitigation policies coming from the government. Simultaneously, we would like to inspire more voters in the near election, to vote pro-climate, and thus secure better climate policies from the newly elected government, from which the whole society will benefit.
Summary of project results
The project contributed to greater attention to the issues that concern young people in the general public debate before the PSP elections. We also managed to communicate that these
the election was crucial for the future of climate protection and the future of the young generation. We believe that we succeeded in increasing the interest of young people in the elections to the PSP CR
and about public events as such. However, we are aware (also thanks to this project) that a significant shift in this area requires much more than one project
smaller scale. Thanks to the educational part of the project, when we developed the civic competences of young active people, the core of this generation is perhaps a little more open to these other activities
ready. The concrete impact can be seen, for example, in the approach of the government that emerged from the autumn elections. In its program statement, the new government formed after the elections placed greater emphasis on climate and nature protection, which is evidenced by, among other things, the analysis of ecological NGOs.