Arguably the greatest threat facing society is that posed by irreversible climate change. In tandem with mitigating the effects of climate change, we must now make decisions about issues such as renewable energy, sustainable and safe water supplies, management of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, and management of natural disasters. The current school-age generation will see the worst effects of climate change, including greater frequency and intensity of extreme weather events; shortages of water and other necessary resources; and dangers due to pollution and toxicity in human environments and the human food chain. The next generation is coming of age as difficult socio-political choices are being made at local and national levels to manage resources and mitigate environmental damage. It is therefore important to centre the voices of children and young people in research aiming to address the social, political, and educational dimensions of geoscience topics including climate change and related topics. This paper proposes the use of Children’s Research Advisory Groups (CRAGs) to meaningfully include children and young people as co-researchers in geoscience-related research.

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聆听时间：地球科学教育研究中的儿童声音

可以说，社会面临的最大威胁是不可逆转的气候变化所构成的威胁。在减轻气候变化的影响的同时，我们现在必须就可再生能源，可持续和安全的水供应，可再生和不可再生自然资源的管理以及自然灾害的管理等问题做出决策。当前的学龄儿童将看到气候变化的最严重影响，包括极端天气事件的发生频率和强度增加；水和其他必要资源的短缺；以及由于对人类环境和人类食物链的污染和毒性而造成的危险。随着在地方和国家层面做出艰难的社会政治选择来管理资源和减轻环境破坏，下一代已经走向成熟。因此，重要的是要集中儿童和年轻人的声音进行研究，以解决包括气候变化和相关主题在内的地球科学主题在社会，政治和教育方面的问题。本文提出使用儿童研究咨询小组（CRAG）来有意义地将儿童和年轻人作为与地球科学相关的研究的共同研究者。