Despite the noble aim of highlighting the urgency of environmental issues and the “existential crisis” that it imposes on their generation, the language of the overall campaign suffers from the weakness of several climate activists before them — a limited ability to effectively communicate climate science to a wider audience.

…Sofiah Jamil is an Adjunct Research Associate with the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. This piece first appeared in RSIS Commentary.