The deliberate killing of young people and future generations. Primarily used in the context of inaction on
climate change and global warming by the
fossil fuel industry, politicians, and governments.
Coined by Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist and author of Being the Change:
Live Well and Spark a
Climate Revolution, in a Guardian article from November 2021.
For over 50 years, the
fossil fuel industry has actively
suppressed the truth about global warming; knowingly committing neocide. They knew that
fossil fuels would lead to catastrophic global heating which would be especially destructive to young people and future generations.
