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In the youth study "Future? Ask the Youth!", sustainability-related views, attitudes and behaviours of young people between the ages of 14 and 22 were investigated. Specifically, it examined what young people think about the environment and climate, what concerns they have, how they get involved and what measures are important to them for environmental and climate protection. The study was conducted for the second time in 2019, following 2017. The youth study followed a participatory design with close involvement of a youth project advisory board.Wave 1: Topics: 1. Topic interests and general self-efficacy: interest in various topics; top 5 topic interests; general self-efficacy (in difficult situations I can rely on my abilities, I can cope well with most problems on my own, I can also usually solve strenuous and complicated tasks well). 2. Attitudes towards politics and society and political self-efficacy: importance of various social problems (e.g. social justice, economic development, crime, public safety, etc.); socio-political attitudes (it is very important to me to live in a democracy, I think it is good that the European Union exists, I think it is important to take part in elections, I am not really interested in politics, we need more economic growth in the future, even if it burdens the environment, it worries me when I think about the environmental conditions in which future generations will probably have to live); political self-efficacy (Political Efficacy Short Scale). 3. Environmental and climate policy: most important actors in environmental and climate protection (e.g. each and every individual, environmental associations, cities, municipalities, federal government, industry, media, schools and other educational institutions, scientists, people who invest a lot of money in certain shares, funds, etc.); sufficient activities of the aforementioned actors in Germany for environmental and climate protection; importance of central topics or...