Julia Steinberger
Dr Julia Steinberger is Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne. She studies the relationships between the use of resources and performance of societies. She is an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report, contributing to the report's discussion of climate change mitigation pathways.
Individuals and social pressure: how to change the world
The kids are not ok
This article, written by an eminent environmental scientist and teacher, deep-dives into one of the author's experiences. Confronted by high school students during a speech, she realised the source of young people's willingness to change the current system.