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  • John Donnelly, Global Post

    A Call for Young People to “Get Angry” About Global Warming

    January 18, 2012 By Wilson Center Staff
    The original version of this article, by John Donnelly, appeared on Global Post.

    The elder called on the younger generation to speak up.

    At a session on climate change and family planning Thursday, Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, said that she keeps hoping that more young people will demand action on global warming.

    “Maybe there’s a need to link the more thoughtful aspects of the Occupy movement with this, to get some of that more radical thinking,” she said. “As younger people increasingly understand the issues, I would say, ‘get angry’ so that we feel the need to do something more urgent. Let us know this is your future and for goodness sake it is absolutely urgent.”

    She spoke at a session called “The Road to Rio: Climate Change, Population and Sustainability,” part of the Aspen Institute’s “7 Billion: Conversations that Matter” roundtable series (watch above). The discussion, organized by Aspen Global Health and Development, focused on strategies leading up to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Summit in June – as well as what should be happening beyond Rio.

    Continue reading on Global Post.

    Video Credit: The Aspen Institute.
    Topics: climate change, environment, family planning, global health, Rio+20, video, youth
    • http://twitter.com/geoffdabelko Geoff Dabelko

      The most depressing part of this meeting was the discussion of the zero order draft for Rio+20.  Three marginal paragraphs on women and gender issues. No mention at all of population.  Elsewhere I learned that the zero order draft doesn't have any mention of links with conflict, security, or peace.  Finding a way forward on green economy remains a challenge.  So for our Environmental Change and Security Program agenda, we are batting 0 for!  Some real bravery on display

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