earth science

Generation Climate Europe

Generation Climate Europe is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Generation Climate Europe rather than just read about it. In short: Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is a coalition of major European youth organizations aiming to advocate for more climate action from European institutions. History Generation Climate Europe was launched in September 2019 by youth activists like Nathan Méténier.

Key takeaways

Generation Climate Europe belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Generation Climate Europe to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Generation Climate Europe from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is a coalition of major European youth organizations aiming to advocate for more climate action from European institutions.

History Generation Climate Europe was launched in September 2019 by youth activists like Nathan Méténier. The founding members of GCE are FIMCAP Europe, ESU, YEE, CliMates and AEGEE. In the meantime, a series of other major youth organizations have joined the coalition.

Core demands Generation Climate Europe was founded to unite the voices and efforts of Europe's major IYNGOs to advocate together toward the European institutions for more climate action. The coalition has formulated the following core demands:

The European Union shall declare a climate emergency. Climate action needs to be mainstreamed in the policies of the EU. All decisions shall be evaluated on their climate impact. Young people shall be included in decision-making processes like the process of drafting the European Green Deal. The EU shall enhance its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) before 2020 to align with a maximum 1.5 °C increase. The EU should also immediately adopt a long-term climate strategy for carbon neutrality, at the latest at the next European Council in October 2019. (Dates are now in the past) Fossil fuel subsidies and new fossil fuel projects shall be terminated immediately. The EU needs a fast and comprehensive transition to clean renewable energy only. The costs incurred by the transition to a more sustainable society and economy in the short-term must be distributed in a socially equitable manner. Those who can afford the most need to commit the most. GCE demands that more investment and focus is put into providing Europe wide sustainable transport networks. The current infrastructure shall be modernised in order to keep up with the demand for sustainable travel and to lower transport costs. Night trains should be reintroduced and a tax on kerosene should be implemented. More emphasis shall be placed on education as a means to empower the youth and give them the tools to achieving a carbon-neutral and circular economy.

Member organizations

References

External links Generation Climate Europe Website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Generation Climate Europe

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Generation Climate Europe claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Generation Climate Europe before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Generation Climate Europe ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Generation Climate Europe

In research: Generation Climate Europe appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Generation Climate Europe in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Generation Climate Europe is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2019 in the environment, 2020 in the environment, Climate change organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Generation Climate Europe outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Generation Climate Europe in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Generation Climate Europe means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Generation Climate Europe out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Generation Climate Europe in simple terms?

Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is a coalition of major European youth organizations aiming to advocate for more climate action from European institutions. History Generation Climate Europe was launched in September 2019 by youth activists like Nathan Méténier.

Why does Generation Climate Europe matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Generation Climate Europe?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Generation Climate Europe.