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Daniel Spencer (environmentalist)
Daniel Spencer (born ) is an Australian climate activist and musician. He has been a prominent member of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Early life and education Spencer was born around 1990. He is originally from Renmark, South Australia, Renmark in the southern Riverland region of South Australia,Spencer, Danie"Meet Australian climate activist Daniel Spencer" ''New Internationalist Blog'', Australia (2012-10-26). Retrieved 2014-04-03. He grew up in Adelaide, in the suburb of Craigburn Farm, South Australia, Craigburn Farm. In year 12 at school, he led the initiative to create a school environmental group with a focus on climate change. The group organised events and fundraisers, including a climate change awareness week. He studied music at university, but left his studies in 2010 to join the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC). Career Spencer has held prominent leadership roles in the AYCC. In 2010, he was part of an AYCC delegation attending United Nations clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Activist
The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called ''climate action'') addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Citizens and environmental non-profit organizations have engaged in significant climate activism since the late 1980s and early 1990s, as they sought to influence the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Climate activism has become increasingly prominent over time, gaining significant momentum during the 2009 Copenhagen Summit and particularly following the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016. Environmental organizations take various actions such as Peoples Climate Marches. A major event was the global climate strike in September 2019 organized by Fridays For Future and Earth Strike. The target was to influence the climate action summit organized by the UN on 23 September. According to the organizers four million people participated in the strike on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
