Youth Engagement and Sustainable Finance: The Financial Power of the Next Generation (Banking, Money and International Finance)

In the context of escalating climate crises and growing economic precarity, this book investigates the transformative role of youth as financial actors, policy influencers, and sustainability champions.It positions the next generation not merely as future beneficiaries of climate action but as active agents of financial and environmental change in the present. The book engages with wider themes such as climate justice, intergenerational equity, environmental activism, financial inclusion, and sustainable development.It combines interdisciplinary approaches, drawing from economics, environmental studies, political science, finance, sociology, and youth studies, to provide a holistic understanding of how young people are engaging with money as a tool for climate advocacy.The book’s core argument is that youth possess both the moral authority and the financial capacity to drive climate-compatible investment and consumption decisions, and that their role is critical in shifting global econ