Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The uncertainty that marks adolescence and early adulthood is heightened by the simultaneous crises of mental health, education and youth unemployment. This puts the brain capital of young people under threat. We must invest in youth brain health and skills that are orientated towards environmental sustainability. This can train future creatives to develop impactful solutions to the current climate crisis as well as develop citizens who are ecologically intelligent and willing to enact environmentally sustainable and resilient behaviors. In effect, we propose a youth green brain capital model. This approach aims to refine and advance this agenda, including specific policy innovations, new investment approaches, and the development of a dashboard of instruments to track green brain capital. Our vision is to empower the next generation with ecologically intelligent leadership skills to address the pressing challenges of the climate crisis.
Authors: Veronica Podence Falcão, Francesca R Farina, Barnabas J Gilbert, Laura Boi, Jo-An Occhipinti, Mohamed Salama, William Hynes, Rym Ayadi, Vinciane Quoidbach, Tadeusz Hawrot, Michael Berk, Harris A Eyre
Institution: Hospital Beatriz Ângelo
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4394756273