Engaging and thought-provoking activities to bring climate justice into the classroom.
Use stories, pictures, film and role play to investigate the human element of the climate crisis.
Curricular links include Citizenship, English/Literacy, Geography and PSHE.
Teaching about climate justice
Climate change is threatening humankind and pushing people into poverty. While the climate crisis is affecting us all, it’s hitting some communities harder than others – and it’s the people who’ve done the least to cause it who’re suffering the most. Who you are and where you are in the world matters.
Refugee families from Gambella refugee camp in Ethiopia walking home after spending the day working at the market. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam.
Refugee families from Gambella refugee camp in Ethiopia. They fled their homes due to conflict, droughts, and flooding.
RESOURCE AIMS
Investigate the links between climate change and human rights.
Develop understanding of the unequal impacts of the climate crisis: why who you are and where you are in the world matters.
Explore how communities around the world are being affected by climate change, and how people are responding and adapting to these challenges.
Build empathy and promote critical thinking, debate, and discussion.
TEACHER GUIDE
Resource outline, curriculum links and background information about climate justice.
Our climate action guide has practical advice, classroom activities and helpful planning tools to inspire young people to make change happen.
Banner image: Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti founded the Green Generation Initiative in Kenya in 2016 as a way to get more young people interested in climate action and the environment. Part of their work is to ‘green’ schools in Kenya by planting trees. They have planted more than 30,000 trees so far! This project is funded by the European Union.
