The rhetorical limitations of the #FridaysForFuture movement

Darrick Evensen

doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0481-1

The rhetorical limitations of the #FridaysForFuture movement

Darrick Evensen

School of Social and Political Science

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The students striking for action on climate change admirably display civic engagement on a pressing issue. Nevertheless, their movement’s message focuses far too heavily on the need to “listen to science”, which is at most a point of departure for answering the ethical and political questions central to climate action.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	428–430
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0481-1
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2019

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climate change policy
energy justice
environmental social sciences

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