Climate change and its consequences
Social Climate Project. Empowering Youth for Climate Action
In this "Talking Hope" project, funded by the Mercator Foundation, young adults from socially disadvantaged backgrounds develop their own responses to the climate crisis. The initiative specifically fosters the social self-efficacy and democratic participation of young adults whose voices have often gone unheard in climate and democratic processes. The goal is to make climate action tangible and more socially [...]
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Learning interrupted due to climate change
In 2024, school closure rates were very high worldwide due to climate change - e.g. floods, fires.
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Learning interrupted due to climate changeReport a broken link
Office for Climate Education
Teaching material about global warming.
Climate clarity hub
The EU site highlights climate change disinformation.
ALICE - Animals, Climate and Civic Education project
ALICE studied animal rights and human behaviour, a project funded by the European Commission.
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Promoting democratic education from childhood to early adulthood. Key findings and recommendations from the 16th Federal Report on Children and Youth (2021)
A report on teaching children and young people about democracy. "The Report presents detailed findings on the diverse social spaces where young people encounter political education: Political education takes place right through childhood and youth, in families, nurseries, schools, vocational and university education, in extracurricular youth education centres, through involvement in political and social [...]
document from: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
Extreme Weather and Climate Change - A flexible course module for middle schools - by greenpeace [pdf]
This teaching unit (available in both German and English) has two primary objectives. First, it makes the abstract concept of climate change tangible—and its urgency palpable—through the accounts of numerous "climate witnesses." The term "climate witnesses" refers to individuals from regions affected by global warming and its associated consequences.
