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COP28. Promoting Climate Change Education and Youth Action in Yunnan
28-12-2023
Education plays a crucial role in shaping young people's views on sustainable development and helps promote sustainable actions. On December 3rd, 2023, the side event "Promoting Climate Change Education and Youth Action for Global Sustainable Development", jointly organized by China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO), China Champions for Climate Action (C-Team), and China Sustainability Tribune, was successfully held at the China Pavilion during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai.
The event invited youth representatives and experts from think-tanks, enterprises and international organizations to exchange ideas on how to educate young people to carry forward the spirit of innovation, participate in climate governance practices, and contribute to global sustainable development.
Ana Ramos, Head of Policy and Institutional Affairs of Humana People to People, shared their pilot project of building low-carbon schools in Yunnan Province, funded by European Union, which aims to create a model for climate change education in China:
"Our awareness and understanding of climate change in general is quite limited, and that there is no universal climate change curriculum for students of all ages. Therefore, creating successful examples of climate change education can be an inspiration and will have a huge impact on education authorities," said Ana Ramos.
The project included establishing 125 climate compliance student clubs in the school and 10 university student emission investigation teams; developing and providing 10 interactive lessons; and piloting 601 lectures in 109 demonstration classes for different age groups.
They condensed all of their experiences into a climate change education toolkit, including student club activity toolkit, online courses, popular science videos, personal carbon footprint calculation applets, among others. The project covered a total of 846 schools, with more than 250,000 offline participants and 45 million online participants.
