Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany

Climate change and its consequences have called for actions to mitigate it, triggering society act speak out about sustainability policies. Movements like Fridays Future (FFF) spread beyond the young people pressed action combat climate change. The present study aimed (1) assess environmental attitudes (EA) knowledge (EK) of Brazilian German students (2) verify whether frequency participation in strikes changes according these EA EK. A total 658 participated our study, 327 from Germany 331 Brazil (mean age 25.21 ± 7.91). We applied Two Major Environmental Values (2-MEV) model three-dimensional questionnaires measure EK, respectively. a multivariate general linear influence variables simultaneously. FFF is affected by EA, with strikers showing higher Preservation (PRE) lower Utilization (UTL) scores; furthermore, findings suggest that EK affects participation, specifically system-related knowledge. adds increasing number validations 2-MEV different languages cultures discusses differences student non-strikers between both countries.