Partnering Institute: 
Global Change Institute, 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the Witwatersrand

About the project: Transformative societal change, many argue, will be necessary in order to respond to the growing unprecedented global environmental change  that surrounds us including climate change (Feola, 2015; Gillard et al,  2016; Collof et al, 2017; Fazey et al, 2018;). There is little current evidence available of how to bring about transformational change both in policy and in practice leaving large research gaps. Values, perceptions and belief systems have all been identified as key domains for transformational change (Fazey et al, 2018; Moore et al, 2014; O’Brien & Sygna, 2013).

There is latent power in the way humans value the environment, which if unlocked, can transform social systems (Collof et al, 2017; Abson et al, 2016; Fazey et al, 2017). One group of society that has such potential for environmental change and transformation is the ‘youth’. Young change agents are a “vital human resource for development, positive social change, and innovation” (El Zoghbi, 2013:1). Young change agents for climate change, have until very recently received little attention, “despite the fact that their fate is  inextricably intertwined with that of the planet” (UNFCCC, 2009:36).

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