1:35 pm today

The climate change school for young people

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm today

Growing up isn't easy at the best of times but today's youth face an additional challenge: eco-anxiety.

While climate change is everyone's problem - they are the ones who will inherit the fallout of the damage we continue to do today.

What will their future look like on a planet that is both hotter and wetter? Will they have enough to eat? Where will they live?

These fears are so real that in Ōtautahi Christchurch they have set up the first campus of its kind in New Zealand to educate students - not just about climate change but about the action they can take.

Climate Action is a satellite campus of Ao Tawhiti school and director, Anita Yarwood joins Jesse.