Climate Migration and the Importance of Climate Education

Climate change is an escalating threat, and its adverse effects are already evident. Climate change is contributing to current interlinked global crises, including impacting human rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Today’s youth and children feel the intensity of the consequences of the climate crisis in the long run. The failure to allocate resources towards the protection of the climate and people today will inevitably translate into greater expenditures on adaptation and addressing the consequences of environmental degradation in the future. Climate change is predicted to displace 1.2 million people in the year 2050 (World Bank, 2022). Even though many people will be displaced, it will also affect children. Between 2016 and 2021, 43.1 million children will be displaced due to weather related events (UNICEF, 2020). Countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, which is where the importance of climate education comes in to educate youth about the impacts of climate migration and displacement. Youth play an important role when it comes to talking about climate mobility and it’s important to explore what role they have in talking about climate migration and displacement through the use of climate education. This event will focus on looking at how climate education can be used as tool for youth to educate their communities on the effects of climate migration and displacement.

Thematic focus: The thematic focus will be on climate education and how can be used a tool for young people to educate their communities on the effects of climate migration and displacement.

Topics for event:
– Youth
– Climate Migration
– Climate education
– Displacement
– Impact
– Communities

Objectives/Outcomes:

1. To explore the role youth have in using climate education when it comes to educating their communities on the effects of climate migration and displacement
2. To look into how young people can take action on climate migration through climate education
3. Explore the importance of climate action and climate education when it comes to doing work on climate migration and displacement

Agenda for event:

4:00 – 4:10 PM – Speaker introduction and intro to the event

4:10 – 4:35 PM – Speaker presentation highlighting the importance of climate education and climate migration through case study examples

4:35 – 4:45 PM – Interactive activity with zoom breakout rooms

4:45 – 4:55 PM – Reflection from breakout rooms and Q&A

4:55 – 5:00 PM – Closing

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