 UKSCN's current logo, designed in March 2019. | |
| Successor | Climate Live Teach the Future |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 December 2018 |
| Founder | Anna Taylor, Ivi Hohmann, and Daniela Torres Perez. |
| Founded at | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Dissolved | June 2023 |
| Type | Student-led environmental organisation |
| Purpose | Climate change mitigation and Youth voice |
Area served | England and Wales, previously Northern Ireland |
Volunteers | >7 (as of April 2021) |
| Website | www |
UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) was a student-led climate justice organisation operating in England and Wales founded by Anna Taylor, then aged 17, on 1 December 2018, along with Ivi Hohmann and Daniela Torres Perez.[1] It disbanded in 2020, with only a few members left who acted as caretakers for the organisation’s remaining funds, before finally dissolving in 2023.[2][3]
UKSCN were a group of mainly under 18s who called for strikes from school since February 2019, as part of the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement, with the ambition of getting the Government of the United Kingdom and the Welsh Government to take action on the climate crisis by fulfilling their demands.[4] Their strikes have seen thousands of students across England and Wales, with Fridays For Future Scotland, and Youth Climate Association Northern Ireland organising youth climate strikes in Scotland, and Northern Ireland respectively, leave or not go to school on Fridays.[5]
- ^ Salter, Steve; de Pressigny, Clementine (11 February 2019). "why are thousands of students striking from school?". i-D.
- ^ "Whatever Happened to the UK Youth Climate Strikes?". Novara Media. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Jarvis, Cyrus (May 2023). "Mover and Shaker". Mission Magazine (9): 58–61.
- ^ "Our Demands". UK Student Climate Network. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Hundreds of pupils demand climate change action". ITV News. 15 February 2019.