1. Creation of an International Initiative
for Climate Education
Robin Matthews, IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit
David Wilgenbus, Office for Climate Education
Pierre Léna, French Academy of Science and La main à la pâte

2. Calls for Climate Change Education
Article 12 of the Paris Agreement (2015)
Parties shall cooperate in taking measures, as appropriate, to enhance
climate change education, training, …, recognizing the importance of these
steps with respect to enhancing actions under this Agreement.
International Youth White Paper on Climate Change (2018)
Climate change learning and action must be integrated into the whole
school, at all grade levels, and be taught cross-curricularly.
Education, especially science education, must play an essential role in
preparing present and future generations to understand climate change
and to be adequately prepared to adapt to and mitigate its impacts.
www.interacademies.org/Statements.aspx
http://tcge.tiged.org/publications.html
Interacademy Partnership Statement on
Climate Change and Education (2017)

3. But climate change is difficult to teach…
Natural & Social sciences
Systems thinking
Wide range of time and space scales

4. CALOR
(heat)
ICE & SNOW
MARE
(the ocean)
ATMOSPHERE
TERRA
(the land)
ECOLOGY
C L I M A T E
LIQUID WATER &
WATER VAPOR
T H E
S Y S T E M

5. Changes in
EXTREME
WEATHER
C H A N G E
HEATING of
land & sea
OCEAN
ACIDIFICATION
CO2
Melting
GLACIERS
Alteration of
NATURAL
ECOSYSTEMS
Changes in the
WATER CYCLE
C L I M A T E
H A Z A R D S
AND
I M P A C T S

6. HIGHER & K-12
EDUCATION
LOCAL to
GLOBAL-
SCALE
LONG-TERM
Problem
ENGINEERING
Feats
C H A L L E N G E
CLIMATE
TARGETS
ADAPTATION
to Impacts
Complex NATURAL
SCIENCE
GOVERNANCE
EQUITY &
Development
C L I M A T E
The

7. • 4 large scale climate change-related
projects over last 10 years
La main à la pâte (French Education NGO)
• 1 million students reached = 40,000
classes at primary and secondary level
• 14,000 teachers trained

8. Scoping workshop, Erice, Sicily, September 2017
Scope of the Office for Climate Education
• Identify and produce resources for primary and secondary school teachers
• Work with local partners to translate
and adapt materials (localization)
• Use IPCC reports to create resources
• Involve systems & critical thinking
• Feature inquiry-based science education
• Be interdisciplinary & solutions-oriented
• Encourage community action
• Be free, multilingual & open source
OCE Resources will:
• Work with scientists, pedagogists
& local partners to create materials

9. Conduct local
workshops
SCIENTIFIC &
PEDAGOGICAL
COMMITTEE
TEACHERS
Primary and
secondary
schools
TEACHER
TRAINERSLOCAL
PARTNERS
Produce and adapt
pedagogical resources Coordinates
Organizes
international
workshops
Provides feedback
and expertise
Assists
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Organisation of the OCE (secretariat + network)
STUDENTS
Identify and Produce pedagogical resources
Management and International visibility
Train
Train
Established March 2018
Paris, France

10. AMERICAS
10 PARTNERS
EUROPE
16 PARTNERS
ASIA
4 PARTNERSAFRICA
6 PARTNERS
… AND 4 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Local Partners
Carleton College
Smithsonian Science Education Center
University of California Office of the President
U.S. PARTNERS
Make knowledge

11. 2018
OCE
Website
+ few
resources
OCT.
2019 2020 2021 2022
1st OCE
report
- Ocean &
Cryosphere
OCT.
OCE final
report
OCT.
2nd OCE
report
- Land
OCT.
3rd OCE
report
OCT.
Global
warming of
1.5C
Ocean &
Cryosphere
Land
= IPCC report
WGI
WGII
WGIII
Working
Group
reports
Timeline
Synthesis
report

12. Email: contact@oce.global
Website: www.oce.global
My email: robin.matthews@universite-paris-saclay.fr

13. AFRICA
Mauritius Mauritius Institute of Education
Madagascar Association « Ecoles du monde »
Morocco Ecole Normale Supérieure de Casablanca
Senegal Ministère de l’éducation
South Africa Capetown AIMS Centre / Muizenberg
Tunisia Institut supérieur de l’éducation et de la formation continue
AMERICA
Canada
Pôle régional pour l'enseignement de la science et de la technologie
University of Saskatchewan
Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Colombia Universidad de los Andes
Mexico Innovec
United-States
Carleton College
Make knowledge
Smithsonian Science Education Center
University of California Office of the President
Uruguay Universidad de la Republica
ASIA
Cambodia Avenir Cambodge
India Amrita University
Indonesia PT Kuark Internasional
Thaïland National Science and Technology Fair
EUROPE
France
Albédo climat
Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement
Fondation La main à la pâte et réseau des Maisons pour la science
Fondation Luciole
Fondation Tara Expéditions
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Météo et Climat
Météo France
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Germany
Freie Universität Berlin
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Siemens Stiftung
Stiftung Haus der kleinen Forscher
Ireland Institute of Education
Italy National Association of Natural Science Teachers
INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS
InterAcademy Partnership
Foundation for Environmental Education
International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (Unesco-ISTIC)
AEMASE
List of Local Partners

14. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle
April October
July
October
Mitigation Synthesis
Report
April
Vulnerability
Adaptation &
Impacts,Physical
Science
Basisof 1.5°C
Global
Warming
2023
Participate in Expert Reviews at www.ipcc.ch
Three Special Reports and a Methodology Report
Three Working Group Reports
A Synthesis Report
October
Cryosphere
Ocean &
May
2020 20222018 2019 2021
September
LandInventories