Eva Massey, 17, is a UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador. She lives in Melbourne and is currently in year 12.
There are LOADS of academic articles and documentaries about climate change, but what’s missing from these are the voices of young people. And trust me it is young people who need to be heard, because
we’re the ones who will have to live with the effects of a climate you create.
I am going to put my hand up and say it: I am not just thinking about my children, or my children’s children, I’m thinking about me. I will have to live with an environment that is changing for the worse.
"I am not just thinking about my children, or
my children’s children, I’m thinking about me."
Since I was five I’ve been aware that the world I live in is changing, and that those who are polluting it now aren’t going to be here to experience the damage. Even in just my 17 years, the world has already gotten a whole lot worse – we’ve seen warming air and sea temperatures, leading to the polar ice caps melting, and the mass bleaching of coral on the Great Barrier Reef.