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Youth Rising is a growing organisation of school-age young people, rising up to take a stand for our future - made up of people just like you!
Youth Rising
We are a diverse group of young people who are prepared to take any non-violent action necessary to defend the climate. Inspired by the social movements of generations before us, and called upon by the state of our climate to rise to action, we stand alongside Rising Tide in demanding the Australian government to honour our commitment to the the Paris Agreement.
OUR STORY
Youth Rising is a movement built upon the success of previous youth movements, nurtured by the support of older community members, and grown with the passion of young people who dream of colourful and just futures. It was formed in the 2018 Muloobinba/Newcastle School Strike for Climate, which massively amplified the voices of school-aged students, and communicated their anger over the decades of climate inaction to the government. In 2023, the movement was reinvigorated by an influx of new members with a vision for rapid, transformative change. After participating in Rising Tide’s 2023 thirty-hour blockade of the Newcastle Harbour, we were inspired by their vision, and decided to greatly strengthen our relationship together. In June of 2024, we officially became known as Youth Rising; a community of young people joined together in non-violent resistance against the single biggest threat to our collective futures; the climate crisis.
OUR DEMANDS
Immediately cancel all new fossil fuel projects.
Tax fossil fuel export profits at 78% to fund community and industrial transition, and pay for climate loss and damages.
End all coal exports from Muloobinba (Newcastle) – the world’s largest coal port – by 2030.
