Youth movements, intergenerational justice, and climate litigation in the deep time context of the Anthropocene
Youth movements, intergenerational justice, and climate litigation in the deep time context of the Anthropocene
After decades of ineffective state-led global climate governance that has been dominated by mostly short-term Northern political and corporate interests, we are now witnessing an increased recognition of the planetary scale of the climate crisis and its impacts on present and future life on Earth. The Anthropocene is argued to be the new geological epoch and is associated with fast-approaching planetary boundaries and a new understanding of promethean humans as a powerful geological force.