A sm&#246;rg&#229;sbord of climate literacy methods: Outlines & experiences
Authors: Promduangsri Pimnutcha , Promduangsri Pariphat , Bolouri Farhad , Caballero Leiva Isabel M. , Khodja Linda , Knecht Estelle , Matsuoka Fernanda , Parigi Riccardo , Sharma Laksh 
Published: March 2021

&lt;p&gt;The Earth and humanity face real existential threats.&amp;#160; The problems are well known: global warming, &lt;strong&gt;climate change&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;CC&lt;/strong&gt;), deforestation, pollution, temperature increase, biodiversity loss and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CC is the most dangerous threat of our time.&amp;#160; It &amp;#8220;affects every single living being and every ecological niche, with poorer communities suffering disproportionately&amp;#8221; (session abstract).&amp;#160; Action and knowledge are needed to combat this crisis so that future generations are saved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is important that people learn about CC and its effects, and then learn how to act.&amp;#160; &lt;strong&gt;Climate literacy/learning&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;CL&lt;/strong&gt;) is the only way in which people can come to understand and become literate so as to make decisions that are grounded in &lt;strong&gt;geoethical &lt;/strong&gt;principles.&amp;#160; As the session abstract says, &amp;#8220;the more people are knowledgeable about the changes affecting their lives, the more they will be able to make informed decisions and to adapt and mitigate&amp;#8221;.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many &lt;strong&gt;CL paths&lt;/strong&gt; exist, all the way down from masters level courses, through collective initiatives, to individual actions.&amp;#160; In our presentation, we will review a variety of CL actions and methods.&amp;#160; These include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;En-ROADS, a simulation model, developed by Climate Interactive, for negotiating scenarios to limit future global warming.&amp;#160;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fridays For Future (FFF), &amp;#8220;a global climate strike movement that started in August 2018&amp;#8221;.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Online participatory simulation to learn about the effect of CC on the oceans, with people from many countries.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PhD programme on CC impacts on natural coastal risks and adaptation pathways for the Mediterranean coast.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;University courses in environmental science and in ecology.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Youth Climate Leaders (YCL), an organisation created by four Brazillain women &amp;#8220;to offer solutions to help young people tackle [...] the climate crisis and structural unemployment&amp;#8221;.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Associations, experience volunteering.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conferences, participation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing, playing and debriefing games.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MOOCs, our experience with several online courses on CC and CL.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reading and video documentaries.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also encourage attendees to share their thoughts and outline their own CL experiences and methods.&amp;#160; We will also attempt to answer questions that the audience may have.&lt;/p&gt;