Climate change, climate justice and climate conferences

With the USA cancelling the Paris Climate Agreement, the global community is facing the difficult challenge of meeting the agreed climate targets.

At the centre of this teaching material is the simulation of a climate conference with seven players (six countries and the UN Secretary-General) by the pupils. Together they are supposed to compensate for the failure of the USA, but each state has its own interests.

In preparation for the conference, the pupils use a variety of methods and well-founded material to deal with the topics of climate change, climate justice and climate conferences and then work out the roles of the actors as experts on their topic.

Due to the recent devastating weather events, political developments and the annual climate conferences (2017 in Germany), the climate debate is present in the media and students' awareness of the issue is increasing.

• Suitable for SEK II subjects geography, social sciences, religion and ethics
• Three double lessons
• Published by: Misereor
• June 2018; updated in June 2019
• Pages: 47