Comedian Wil Anderson called for a ‘cut-off in age limit about who should have a say in climate change’ in Melbourne last night.

Speaking at the Comedy Theatre for his Melbourne International Comedy Festival show ‘Wil-Informed’, Anderson said the cut-off allows society to combat climate change’s impacts.

“People who are involved with climate change in the future should get to have a say on it,” he said.

Anderson said the Climate Change rally on March 15 was a great idea and supported the student’s decision to strike from a day of school.

“Those politicians who were against it don’t remember how school works – they’re not going to miss anything important in one day,” he said.

But, Anderson said the cut-off limits should be issued as soon as possible before we become “our own worst enemies and destroy” our current world.

Senior Lecturer in International Relations and a member of Climate Futures at Macquarie University Doctor Jonathan Symons said an age cut-off limit wouldn’t work.

“An age limit for free speech doesn’t fit with my vision of democracy – there are important contributors to climate discussion you’d be silencing,” he said.

But Dr Symons said the media should increase the platforms given to younger people to discuss climate change policy so supported strategies can be introduced.

Dr Symons gave his support for the student strike but said it must be combined with new carbon-zero technologies to weaken climate change’s impacts.

“Student strikes are an effective way of raising attention to the issue of climate change if used with effective policy responses,” he said.

Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio was contacted for comment but was unavailable due to being on leave.