Climate Science Basics
SCHOOL TEACHERS TRACK
Bring climate learning into your classroom
You don't need to redesign your entire curriculum to teach climate change. Start with what you already teach – and connect it to the realities your students see around them.
With the right tools and simple approaches, you can help students understand and best respond to climate challenges in the Mediterranean.
UNDERSTAND
Understand climate change – and what it means for your students' world.
Climate change is already shaping daily life across the Mediterranean – from water scarcity to rising heat. Helping students understand these changes makes learning more relevant, grounded, and connected to their reality.
TAKE ACTION
Bring climate into your classroom – simply and effectively
You don’t need extra time or complex materials. Start small, use what you have, and build from there. Simple activities can help students explore, question, and connect climate change to their everyday lives.
More Resources to help you Take Action:
Elevating Meaningful Youth Engagement for Climate Action
Climate change and girls’ education
Facilitator Guide for Training on Green Skills and Inclusive Business Planning
UNESCO Office of Climate Education Pedagogical Resources
How to plan and organize a sustainable event
How to Talk to Children About Climate Change
START HERE, START NOW
Not sure where to begin?
Start with these 3 simple resources — one to understand, one to try in class, and one to help you engage your students.
Understand
Climate Change Facts for Kids
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today – and it's something everyone should understand, including you. But what exactly is climate change, what causes it and how does it affect people, animals and the places we live? This guide explains climate change in a simple way, with facts, examples and ideas for how you can help protect the Earth.
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Be Inspired
To tackle the Climate Crisis, We Need Climate Education and Collective Leadership
A blog post covers real inspiring examples of how children learned about climate change from their teachers and how they are collectively, with their teachers, taking action to address the climate crisis
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Take Action
Top 10 Climate Change Activities for Kids
Discover the top ten climate change activities for kids to support teaching about global warming. Try some of these great ideas to engage children to help make a difference.
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Understand
Climate Change Facts for Kids
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today – and it's something everyone should understand, including you. But what exactly is climate change, what causes it and how does it affect people, animals and the places we live? This guide explains climate change in a simple way, with facts, examples and ideas for how you can help protect the Earth.
Be Inspired
To tackle the Climate Crisis, We Need Climate Education and Collective Leadership
A blog post covers real inspiring examples of how children learned about climate change from their teachers and how they are collectively, with their teachers, taking action to address the climate crisis
Take Action
Top 10 Climate Change Activities for Kids
Discover the top ten climate change activities for kids to support teaching about global warming. Try some of these great ideas to engage children to help make a difference.
TEACHER RESOURCES LIBRARY
Climate action doesn’t stop here.
Explore more tools, guides, and resources to keep building your impact – step by step
Water, Food, Climate, and Nature: What’s Changing in the Mediterranean
Understand how climate change is impacting the Mediterranean region through rising temperatures, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
Blog post / ArticleTools For Climate Action
A guide to understanding the key tools for making progress towards the global climate action goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, including the Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions, and other tools.
Info DocumentNo Denying It
The UN climate action podcast brings you the voices of young climate changemakers from across our warming planet. These activists, engineers, and entrepreneurs show us how we can make big changes – in our homes, our jobs, where we vote and where we pray, and with our family and friends
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This series by BBC World answers all the climate questions you might have, from what climate change is to how the world responds to this crisis.
OthersPodcastYoung People at the Heart of Climate Action
A powerful short feature highlighting young climate leaders from Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon taking action in their communities through environmental projects and local initiatives.
Blog post / ArticleTop 10 Climate Change Activities for Kids
Discover the top ten climate change activities for kids to support teaching about global warming. Try some of these great ideas to engage children to help make a difference.
Blog post / ArticleTo tackle the Climate Crisis, We Need Climate Education and Collective Leadership
A blog post covers real inspiring examples of how children learned about climate change from their teachers and how they are collectively, with their teachers, taking action to address the climate crisis
Blog post / ArticleYouth for Climate Action
The Youth for Climate Action E-learning program is a free, open-access course developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It is designed for the next generation—children, teenagers, and especially young peopleto help them understand the core concepts of climate change and explore how they can take action and advocate for change from within civil society. The course supports their growth as emerging climate leaders.
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