I’m a Euro-optimist. But crisis after crisis tested my hope until I met these teenagers


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I returned to my old school in Rome last January; an experience that lifted the spirits. I was there to talk to students about some of the issues I covered in my book on the climate challenges facing Europe. By the end of that afternoon, I felt reassured, and not just because of how engaged these 16- and 17-year-old students appeared, asking well-informed questions and commenting on my work. It was because behind many of their interventions there was something very personal. They were not discussing abstract concepts unrelated to their lives, but were well aware that this is their...