Yi Hyun Kang
Postdoctoral fellow
A multi-level analysis of youth climate activism in South Korea
Author
Summary, in English
Younger generations in South Korea are increasingly concerned about environmental issues, while youth climate activism is one of the fastest growing social movements globally, engaging formal and informal politics at multiple levels. Among others, Youth 4 Climate Action, a Korean youth climate movement group, has initiated climate change litigation and presented its actions at a side event of the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. This chapter aims to analyse the recent dynamics among younger generations in South Korea in relation to environmental issues. The study focuses on how Korean youth climate activists are connected within and beyond national borders. Their multi-level dynamics are analysed through the lens of social network building. This study sheds light on the developing networks of younger generations' environmental movements and on how national dynamics shape and are shaped by global ones. The recent phenomena in South Korea show that young generations are adopting environmentalism as part of their identity.
Publishing year
2023
Language
English
Publication/Series
National Identity and Millennials in Northeast Asia : Power and Contestations in the Digital Age
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
Keywords
- Youth
- youth activism
- climate action
- climate activism
- South Korea
- asia
- East Asia
- social network analysis
- millennials
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781003390343