Environmental Awareness and Youth Engagement in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajee.v4i1.5780Keywords:
Environmental Engagements, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable EnergyAbstract
As global programming on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) grows, there has been little comprehensive consideration of how environmental education and youth activism affect their attainment. This study attempts to address this gap through a bibliometric analysis of studies focusing on youth participation, ecological knowledge and sustainable development. With a sample of 5713 publications, the study traces trends and developments in a two-phased time frame: early years in the current decade of SDG take-up (2015–2019) and the present period witnessing a surge in youth activism and environmental engagements (2019–2023). The Results Owing to the limitations of Chinese vocabulary, the results point out that some key words are frequently mentioned, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, environmental awareness, youth participation, climate change, and community. Results also identify key areas of interest, such as the involvement of young people in fostering sustainable energy transitions, enhancing the resilience of communities, and connecting environmental stewardship to community health. The paper highlights the power of environmentally-literate youth in progressing the SDGs and in creating pathways to sustainability in the first place.
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