how do we protect her?

We are in the middle of a climate emergency. The science is clear, yet our leaders continue to delay action. They gather at summits and conferences, making empty promises and setting distant targets, while emissions keep rising and ecosystems collapse. This is not leadership. This is betrayal.

For years, young people across the world have been raising their voices, striking from school, organizing protests, and demanding action. We are not doing this for fun. We are doing this because we have no choice. Our future is on the line. Entire communities are already suffering the consequences of decades of inaction. Droughts, floods, wildfires, and rising sea levels are not things of the future — they are happening now.

But instead of listening to the science, those in power choose to listen to the fossil fuel lobby. They build pipelines, open new coal mines, and hand out oil licenses — all while claiming to be “green.” This is not how you solve a crisis. You cannot negotiate with physics. You cannot greenwash your way out of planetary collapse.

We need system change — not just climate policies, but a complete transformation of our economic, political, and social structures. We need to stop burning fossil fuels, invest in renewable energy, protect nature, and center climate justice in everything we do. The global north must take responsibility and act first, because we are the ones who caused this crisis.

Hope is not passive. Hope is taking action. And real action means treating this crisis like the emergency it is. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to act. The world is watching — and history will judge us by what we do now.

Youth voting in Europe is not monolithic. Surveys and election data reveal a nuanced shift: many young Europeans (especially men and those facing economic uncertainty) are more receptive to far-right populism than a decade ago, while others (especially young women and those in socially liberal countries) remain strongly progressive. These trends reflect generational cleavages in issue priorities and worldviews. Mainstream parties risk losing a generation of support if they fail to address youth concerns. As one analyst warns, the relative youthfulness of far-right supporters is now rising in countries like Poland, and could eventually spread: currently Europe’s far-right voters still skew older and “geriatric,” but youth trends suggest change may be coming whether you like it or not.