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Academic publications

This article, published in Climate Policy, is about the relationships and organising processes that made WA's climate and health community of practice and inquiry (a world first) possible and set in motion more climate responsive policy processes in WA. We explore how care work, trust, solidarity, etc are central to transformative climate policy and advocate for decision making centred on Aboriginal and lived experience expertise and connection to Country. 

It was a difficult story to tell because climate governance in WA is typically limited by fossil fuel interests and promotes unambitious top-down extractive technological and market based responses. This means that climate justice organising within public sector is highly sensitive and writing about it is risky. On top of that the relational and intersectional organising processes we examine are often underappreciated and overlooked. We are so grateful to the anonymous co-researchers for letting us share this story and the co-authors for pulling this story together!  This article, published in Environmental Education Research, is about how adults and climate movement organisations
 can support young climate justice advocates. Young people are often excluded from adult-led climate movements and exposed to a number of risks when they do participate. The study examines how 13 young and three adult co-researchers learned about and applied collective care through a youth climate justice training program in Western Australia. Collective care in climate justice spaces is important for all ages, but especially important for supporting young to people mitigate their climate distress, develop their efficacy, and contribute to the effectiveness of climate movements through activism. This article is co-authored by members of CJU and CJU's youth advisory group.
This article, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, is about how climate change effects young people's mental health and wellbeing and the importance of youth climate activism. This article is co-authored by WA young people, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal academics, activists and practitioners engaged in youth, mental health and climate justice spaces. We argue for structural change to address the causes of the climate crisis, alongside enhanced evidence and approaches to appropriately support the mental health of children and young people. Furthermore, we support the call of Aboriginal peoples to ensure culturally appropriate, place-based responses based in caring for Country. 

    Reports

      • Petro-pedagogy in WA 

      Parents in WA alerted CJU to the invasive influence of fossil fuel companies in their children's classrooms in 2022. Since then we have been investigating how the fossil fuel companies are influencing curriculum materials and young peoples' lives. Check out this info sheet, which highlights how petropedegogy occurs in WA and what people are doing about it. Huge appreciation to CJU youth members, parents and academics who have been a part of putting this resource together. Particular mention to Georgia Beardman and Evelyn Froend for their authorship and communication skills.

      • A Just Transition for Collie that leaves no-one behind
      > Report for Community members (shorter and not fully referenced): Community Report (2023)
      > Report for Policy Makers (fully referenced): A Just Transition for Collie that leaves no-one behind (2023)
      • Climate and Health Adaptation - Lessons learnt from a community engagement / research project.

        In 2023 we were asked by the WA Health Department to work with community members identified as specifically vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to explore what their needs and priorities were, particularly in relation to the health system 'adapting' to these impacts. Here is an executive summary about this work. This is relevant for anyone working in climate adaptation and climate justice advocacy. More mini reports will be shared in coming months focusing on specific community groups.

        • Youth Systemic Advocacy and Collective Care Program 
        In 2022 CJU piloted a Youth Systemic Advocacy and Collective Care which has since been adapted and run in WA high schools. This program report explains who was involved in designing and delivering the program, it's contents, and the tools and resources we created. The report also has a page of recommendations for climate movement organisations and adults in the climate movement about how to support young people in all their diversities be more effective and well activists.

          Submissions to Western Australian and Australian Policy and legislation



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