No Denying It
NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS
Facilitate climate learning and action in your community
You don't need a classroom to make a difference.
Start where you already work – with your group, your activities, your space. With simple tools and the right approach, you can turn climate conversations into shared understanding and action across the Mediterranean.
UNDERSTAND
Understand climate change – and how it connects to daily life
Climate change becomes real when it connects to what people already experience – water access, food, heat, and livelihoods. Understanding these links helps you create learning spaces that feel relevant, grounded, and engaging.
TAKE ACTION
Create engaging climate conversations – simply and effectively
You don’t need formal lessons or complex tools. Start small, adapt to your group, and build from there. Simple activities can help people reflect, share experiences, connect climate change to their everyday lives, and act.
More Resources to help you Take Action:
START HERE, START NOW
Not sure where to begin?
Start with these 2 simple resources — one to understand, and one to help you engage your students.
Understand
What is Climate Change – and What Does it Mean for the Mediterranean?
What is climate change, and why is the Mediterranean considered a climate hotspot? Discover how rising temperatures are affecting water, food, nature, and daily life across the region.
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Take Action
Community Climate Action Toolkit
A practical resource for setting up or refreshing climate action groups. It includes tools for situational analysis and moving from discussion to meaningful community-level action.
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Understand
What is Climate Change – and What Does it Mean for the Mediterranean?
What is climate change, and why is the Mediterranean considered a climate hotspot? Discover how rising temperatures are affecting water, food, nature, and daily life across the region.
Take Action
Community Climate Action Toolkit
A practical resource for setting up or refreshing climate action groups. It includes tools for situational analysis and moving from discussion to meaningful community-level action.
NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS RESOURCES LIBRARY
Climate learning doesn’t stop here
Explore more tools, methods, and resources to support your work – and people understand and act on climate issues, 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.
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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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