“Setting Fire to the Rain” 1st Year University Students and the “Greta Effect” on Climate Change Activism in Thailand

This is a research paper that is focused on assessing issues relating to Climate Change Activism by 1st year university students and its implications for environmental concerns and issues.An interpretive methodology was utilised in order to help understand 1st year university student perceptions of Climate Change Activism in Bangkok. The scope for this research were 1st year private university students involved in climate change activism. Consequently, the population of interest was made up of 4 separate groupings, located at multiple private university sites geographically situated in Bangkok.The research outcomes comprised of Four (4) main themes: Motivation, Society; Climate Change Strategies; and university Issues; and Twelve (12) sub-themes, underpinned by 219 conversation targets.The paper addresses the raised issues of 1st year private university students’ knowledge and attempts of influencing climate change developments in Thailand, in relation to western approaches through the “Thunberg effect”.