Climate Literacy
Climate Literacy equips individuals with the knowledge and tools to understand and respond to the challenges of climate change. This page features a growing collection of recommended resources. These materials are designed to support learning, inspire action, and empower communities to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society and planet.
CARE ABOUT CLIMATE
International Climate Policy and Advocacy Course (ICPAC), available in seven languages, provides a deep dive into UNFCCC history, how decisions are made and how you can influence them, and an overview of what’s up for negotiation at COP30 (Brazil).
CARBON LITERACY PROJECT
Carbon Literacy is a day’s worth of climate change learning and action delivering a globally recognised accreditation. For universities, ready-made toolkits are available to deliver training for staff, students and leaders.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
The University of the West Indies Climate Education, Justice and Literacy Hub is advancing Climate Education in the Caribbean and Other Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
ASK A CLIMATE RESEARCHER
What’s the best way to tackle climate change? Researchers at the University of Leeds answer your climate questions. Presented by the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures.
CLIMATE FRESK
Climate Fresk encourages the rapid and widespread understanding of climate issues. By turning climate science into a game, this fun and collaborative workshop uses collective intelligence to help grasp the causes and consequences of climate breakdown before developing a proactive attitude towards taking action.
CARBON BRIEF
Carbon Brief is a website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy. Specialising in clear, data-driven articles and graphics to help improve the understanding of climate change, both in terms of the science and the policy response.
ACTS
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) offers an online Carbon Literacy course open to universities and teachers within the Australasian region. Accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project (CLP), ACTS builds a comprehensive understanding of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions and their sources.
CLIMATE KIDS
Explaining climate for the kids who will live our positive climate future. In this series from Melbourne Climate Futures, University of Melbourne experts provide answers to kids’ climate questions.
PRESERVING LEGACIES
To safeguard cultural heritage, there is an urgent need to equip communities worldwide with the tools to accurately anticipate worsening and future climate impacts, and empower them with training to turn that scientific knowledge into action that will safeguard sites, support community adaptation, and plan for unavoidable loss and damage.
RESPONSIBLE FUTURES
Responsible futures embeds sustainability through all aspects of teaching and learning, working in partnership with students at universities around the world. The framework has supported 48 institutions in the UK and globally to integrate sustainability through the formal, informal and subliminal curriculum.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS & ASSESSMENT
Equipping young people with the knowledge and skills to understand the complexities of climate change and encourage them to become active participants in tackling this global challenge by providing impactful climate change resources including courses focused on understanding climate change, cutting-edge research on climate solutions and award-winning books on tackling the climate crisis.
CLIMATE ACTION:TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS FOR A BETTER WORLD
Learn to tackle the climate crisis and advancing social justice. This course was designed by the University of Leeds for individuals passionate about addressing the climate crisis while creating a sustainable future that is just and equitable for all. The course emphasises the need for systemic climate action to build a better world.