Young Australians are frustrated about inaction on climate change – more so when the older generations don’t appear to be doing much about it.
From the death of the national energy guarantee to the news the world is “nowhere near on track” to limit warming to less than 1.5C, the concerns of our youngest Australians often find it hard to be heard.
Later this week, hundreds of school students are planning to go on strike to protest, and the thousands who aren’t are wondering what they can do instead.
On Tuesday 27 November, Guardian Australia will be running My Climate Questions – a live online Q&A for school students and young Australians. You can share your thoughts, discuss your future, and ask leading experts the questions you want answered – whether you are striking or not.
It’s your future and your platform to ask about climate science, energy policy and what actions young people can take.
My Climate Questions will run from 4pm to 6.30pm AEDT. A panel of experts – including climate scientist Bill Hare, energy expert Simon Holmes à Court, Piper Albrecht from Castlemaine secondary school, the chief executive of the Climate Council, Amanda McKenzie, and Australian Youth Climate Coalition’s Laura Sykes – will be on hand.
Submit your questions to myclimatequestions@theguardian.com or on Twitter or Instagram using #MyClimateQuestions. For Twitter or Instagram, you must be over 13 or have a parent or guardian ask on your behalf.
The questions, answers and discussion will all be posted on our liveblog for you to follow.
If you’ve every wondered: “What is a carbon tax, and why don’t we have one?” or “What will Australia look like when I’m 30?” then write in, film a video with your question, tweet and spread the word.
We’re excited to get the conversation going.
