Climate Action Academy - January Cohort

The Climate Action Academy (CAA) is a virtual training program on climate change, sustainable cities and green solutions for educators teaching at the 7th to 12th grade school levels. The aim of the CAA is to include these topics in the curriculum at the local level and to give participants a better preparation to teach about climate change through an interdisciplinary perspective not limited to mathematics and science, but also to include geography, civic education, arts, history and foreign language, among others.

The certification provides basic information on the climate crisis, the regional context and also shares visual and didactic tools to complement curriculums. The goal of this is to motivate concrete actions that promote leading a more sustainable lifestyle and, at the same time, contribute to the better adaptation to a local context. Visual tools are operational co-creation tools that refer to design thinking, uncertainty management, creativity, and teamwork. Climate-KIC, the European Union's innovation and knowledge community for climate action, supports the methodology, certifies teachers and positions cities internationally, strengthening the climate action ecosystem.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CERTIFICATION

Know: Teachers are equipped with information and methodologies that allow them to activate their school communities for climate action.

Inspire: Teachers examine international climate action cases from the classroom. They also access a global community of change agents in the education system.

Integrate: Teachers integrate educational tools into the curriculum, creating new opportunities for their educational communities to take sustainability actions.