Fridays For Future Scotland

Eilidh Currie speaks to 18-year-old Frances Hobbs from Scotland and 27-year-old Carissa Cabrera from Hawaii about climate change for the ‘100 Voices: Home and Away’ project.

Home- Frances Hobbs, 18, Glasgow

Frances Hobbs, 18, from Glasgow, volunteers at Fridays For Future Scotland, and a is barista in Mooboo Bubble Tea.

In order to accelerate the global transition to clean energy, Frances thinks we must “get a solution that works for the world's biggest polluters and work from there”. She added: “Ideally we need to dismantle the current system we have and create a new one that benefits the environment but that will be extremely difficult to do.”

She is not yet involved in any clean energy movements however she thinks that research is key to get young people involved in climate change movements

She explained: “Do your research! If you want to start activism, definitely do research beforehand and take your stance. Actions you can take include protesting and writing emails to energy companies or cause trouble on social media.”

Away- Carissa Cabrera, Hawaii

Carissa Cabrera, 27, from Oahu, Hawaii, is a marine conservationist and influencer.

Carissa explained: “In order to accelerate the global transition to clean energy we must pass the Build Back Better Act. We must incentivize renewable energy. Clean energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels, but fossil fuels are subsidised by our government by billions of dollars a year. Our banks also invest our money into fossil fuels.

“I am passionate about ocean conservation, so I get involved with those types of local efforts. Also, Hawaii is a leader in solar energy installation and it's quite common in our region. I don't believe there are many advocacy organizations for clean energy specifically, but many for climate action.”