Connecting to COP28

K-12th Grade Resources (Many Appropriate for Higher Education)

• Climate Generation Resource Library - A variety of resources on climate change and a COP Educator Toolkit can be downloaded.

• #TeachersCOP - An introduction to COP28 aimed at K12 teachers and teacher educators.  Produced by the Office for Climate Education / United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• Climate Action In (and Outside) of the Classroom - This hybrid workshop focused on the United Nations' climate conference and explored ways to address climate change within (and outside of) the curriculum.

• COP28 – UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 2023 - Offers different perspective of past and future COPS.  Discussion Piece.  Controversial

• Countdown to COP28 - Follows Bloomberg Philanthropies' action plan for COP28 and climate mitigation. 

• Climate Change Resources - This resource has COP information but is also a huge resource looking at every major industry as it connects to climate change.  Very much a comprehensive hub. 

• BBC UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) - Teaching Resources - a variety of resources for primary and secondary. videos, lessons, articles and radio.

• COP28 climate negotiation simulation events - Working in groups which represent a country, a region or a lobby group, the students are tasked with taking part in a simulation of a real-life climate negotiation.

• World Resource Institute (WRI) COP28 Resource Hub - UN led research, data and initiatives related to COP28 

• COP28: A visual guide - What you need to know about this year's UN climate summit in Dubai. (Extensive infographics on the issues)

K-8th Grade Resources

• Twinkl COP28 - Teacher Resources on the COP for K-8th grade.

• Ways To Use COP28 In The Classroom - COP-centered activity ideas for ages 5-11.

• OER Commons - Climate education hub with lots of resources, lesson plans and activities for different age levels.

• USDA Climate Hub - Information about teacher workshops, access to teaching materials and educational resources.  This is an extensive resource.

• NASA Climate Change Resource - statistics, articles, videos and animations curated by NASA. Direct link for educators.

• NSTA Climate Change Portal - extensive resource

• IUCN Portal - Website underwent complete redesign in 2022 and is now an extensive resource with articles, videos, podcasts, fact sheets, data and more.

• UK Forestry Climate Change Hub - articles, fact sheets, case studies, climate risks and ways to get involved.

• US Climate Resilience Toolkit - These resources are extensive and include lots of tools, models, data, articles, and so very much more.  This site is filled with interactive resources.

• FAO Climate Change Knowledge Hub - webinars, e-courses, videos and youth involvement related to agriculture.

• SDSN - Sustainable Development Solutions Network COP28 Resource Hub

• NOAA Toolbox for Teaching Climate & Energy - The Climate Action Learning Process (CALP) provides a path teachers can follow to educate students about climate and energy science, develop the skills to take action, and then reevaluate teaching methods.

• NOAA Teaching Climate - collection of curated resources.

• World Resource Institute (WRI) COP28 Resource Hub - UN led research, data and initiatives related to COP28 (Also in COP Specific Resources)

• Climate Change Information Portal - Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia aim to support registrants in incorporating a consideration of climate change into their practice.

• UN CC:Learn Teacher Portal - The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership, also known as UN CC:Learn, is a collaborative initiative of 36 multilateral organizations working together to help countries build the knowledge and skills they need to take action on climate change. These include better climate literacy and other crucial skills to tackle this challenge.

• EEA Climate Change for Educators Resource - Extensive Climate Change Resource Hub linking to many other available resources

• UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Portal - A knowledge-sharing platform that highlights UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)-supported climate adaptation projects around the world. 

• Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal - An integrated, curated bibliographic database of global peer-reviewed research and gray literature on the science of climate impacts on human health. (also found in literacy resources)

• Zooniverse Citizen Science Climate Portal - Helping with real research. Here we've gathered a few projects we could really use your help on right now.

• EPA Provided Resources for Participatory Science Projects - (Citizen Science) EPA and Other Federal Resources

• EPA Climate Change Resources for Educators and Students

• Citizen Science Projects - National Geographic Resources

• Common Sense Climate Change Resources for Students and Teachers - K12

• CCR Climate Change Resources - Extensive Database of resources.  This is the just for schools section.

• CLEAN Teacher Resource Collection - These resources are peer reviewed, NGSS aligned and searchable by grade level and content.  The collection includes lesson plans, projects, videos, demos, and more.

• Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action - Resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science

• Subject to Climate - Resource database with lessons, news and professional learning opportunities.  

• USDA Southwest Climate Hub Education Units - Teacher units for grades 6-12.

• Science Learning Hub - Includes activities, interactives, citizen science, articles and teacher professional development.

• Green Teacher - A resource hub being developed with podcasts, activities, lessons and more.

• UCAR Teaching Resources - Collection of lessons, curriculum units, picture books, videos, and other resources for K-12. 

• Community Resources for Science - Contains resources for professional development, lessons and units, climate literacy, research, action projects, citizen science and grant opportunities.

• What Is Climate Change? - Solid lesson plan introducing climate change with videos, charts, partner work and higher level extensions.

• Work Together Live Together Activity - Students experience civil and environmental engineering by planning a housing development in an existing biome, while also protecting the native species that live there.

• Teach Climate Network - provides K-12 and informal educators access to resources, professional development, inspiration, and community networking to teach climate change in all disciplines, grade levels, and educational settings.

• Teaching Channel - 7 Resources to Teach Students About Climate Change

• Common Sense Climate Change Hub - 25 Climate Change Resources for Students and Teachers

• Rainforest Alliance Environmental Curriculum - Resources for K-12 with a rainforest conservation focus.

• EPA Educator Resources - Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators

• NOAA's Education Resources Website - Weather, climate change, and oceans. You'll find activities, background information, and more.  Grades: 6-12

• National Park Service Education Resources - Classroom materials, field trip opportunities and professional development

• Creative Climate Hub - Ambitious series of youth-focused virtual dialogues, empowering competitions for young creatives.  Climate Change storytelling series.  

• Oregon Climate Education Hub - Includes teacher resources, lesson plans and articles.

• Oregon Coast STEM Hub - Professional development opportunities, access STEM curriculum and materials, and share STEM success stories.  Developed by OSU and Marine Hatfield Science Center.  Learn about their K-12 marine education program.  Click here for ORSEA lessons 

• Oregon STE/A/M Hub Network - Oregon's 13 Hubs strengthen STE/A/M ecosystems to create accessible and equitable regional opportunities through partnerships. The hubs linked here are in beta and still being developed.

• New Jersey Climate Education Hub - Lessons and learning opportunities applicable beyond the scope of NJ.

• Wisconsin Climate Education Hub - Lessons and learning opportunities applicable beyond the scope of WI.

• Maine Climate Education Hub - Lessons and learning opportunities applicable beyond the scope of MA.

• PI-CASC Climate Adaptation Education Hub - Pacific Islands-based lesson plans, data and tools and resources for students, teachers.

• CCI Global Talanoa Dialogue For Climate Ambition - Connect to issues for Fiji in the Pacific.  Global concerns

• Center for Sustainable Futures - Teacher College Columbia University Climate Change Resource Hub

• NYC Sustainability Hub - The NYC Public Schools Office of Energy & Sustainability leads efforts to bring climate education into curriculum and the day-to-day operations of schools. We lead climate education programs for educators and students in all grade levels and subjects.

• California State - Teaching Climate Change & Resilience Resource

• Nature Trust EU Teacher’s Hub on Climate Change - The Teacher’s Hub contains a selection of classroom exercises and relevant materials for the “Causes”, “Impacts” and “Solutions” modules of the interactive site for students “Our planet, our future”. In each section, you’ll find an introduction worksheet, various thematic worksheets and one answer sheet.

• Columbia Climate School - Resource produced by New York's Columbia Climate School. Lots to see here.

• ELCAF Teaching and Learning Portal - Discover primary sources for teaching about the history of Florida's ecology, environmental science, climate change, ecojustice, and eco-criticism for many educational settings. ELCAF pairs ecologically-focused stories with archival materials exploring Florida's environment and natural history for learners of all levels.

• Georgia Educator Climate Portal

• AfMS Learning Portal - There is a wealth of useful learning resources freely available online, to meet the needs of a wide range of users across Africa.

• The Arctic and Northern Gateway - News, data and additional information centered around the Arctic region with interactive mapping and a host of data.

• Türkiye (Turkey) Climate Portal - (Click the EN to translate portal into English)

• Climate Change Education and Awareness Project - nature education project designed by TEMA Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education of Turkey.

• Kenya Climate Change Knowledge Portal - lots of regional literature and datasets to explore

• Seattle Climate Change Resource - Practical applications and site specific solutions

• Swedish Portal for Climate Change Adaptation - games, films and a variety of other resources curated regionally

• The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) supports society by providing authoritative information about the past, present and future climate in Europe and the rest of the World.  Offer free and open access to climate data and tools as well as case studies and literature. 

• Climate Education Portal - Produced by Oregon State University

• North Carolina Educator Resources - comprehensive database of the environmental education centers, initiatives, and resources

• University of California San Diego Climate Resource - detailed data programs and K-12 teaching resources

• Climate Generation Resource Library - Minnesota-based organization that has field study activities, grade level aligned lesson plans, place based curriculum and free educational toolkits.

• Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal - An integrated, curated bibliographic database of global peer-reviewed research and gray literature on the science of climate impacts on human health.

• NOAA Climate Education - Activities involving data and climate literacy

• Climate Cafes - Collection of articles organized by content. 

• Carbon Brief - UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy.  Specialize in clear, data-driven articles and graphics.

• Global Alliance for the Future of Food - Site includes press releases, case studies and research surrounding food system transformation related to climate change.

• Earth Hub - Explore a wealth of resources related to Earth Day, from news and press releases to toolkits, fact sheets, posters, and more.

• WHO Climate Change and Health - lots of articles related to health in the global climate change agenda

• What the Historic U.S. Climate Bill Gets Right and Gets Wrong - Article discussing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

• Council of Foreign Relations - A series of relevant and current climate change articles.

• Climate Change and Regional Instability in the Horn of Africa - 2022 Article from series on climate change and instability by the Center for Preventive Action

• Climate Change and Regional Instability in Central America - 2022 Article from series on climate change and instability by the Center for Preventive Action 

• IntechOpen Climate Change Hub - articles and open source books related to climate change.

• IISD SDG Knowledge Hub - interactive map links articles related to specific regions on the map.

• WWF - World Wildlife Fund offers many publications and some climate change projects.

• Teaching Channel - Movies and Resources to Teach Students About Climate Change

• Climate Central - produces and disseminates localized and visual content at a national scale; co-houses scientists, journalists, and technologists; and conducts and catalyzes original, peer-reviewed scientific research to fill critical communication gaps.  The Picture Our Future Visualizer is particularly interesting.

• Yale Climate Connections - news service that aims to help you understand the reality of climate change and what you can do about it. Contains articles, a YouTube channel and national radio program which airs each day.

• Climate Change Knowledge Portal - Explore climate information, vulnerability to natural hazards, regional climate change, and adaptation framework for different countries.  The watershed data is buggy and the download data is complicated and dense, but the country data is exceptional, versatile and highly interactive. 

• Climate Action Tracker (CAT) - An independent scientific project that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement.  Very detailed information on over 40 countries. (also in online tools under exhibits tab)

• Kilmafolgen Online, a German Climate Impacts Hub - Links to actual data for countries around the world for real world data analysis.  Highly interactive

• Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) - Regional climate service center at the University of Victoria that provides practical information on the physical impacts of climate variability and change in the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada.  Look into the data portal.

• Climate Data Canada - support decision makers across a broad spectrum of sectors and locations by providing the most up to date climate data in easy to use formats and visualizations.

• CCDP (Canada Climate Change Data Portal) -  provides technical and non-technical users with easy and intuitive access to the latest climate data in Canada.

• NOAA Maps and Data - interactives, measuring, modeling and predicting can all be accomplished with resources on this site.

• CDC Heat & Health Tracker - provides local heat and health information

• National Integrated Drought Information System - Forecast data on droughts

• National Interagency Coordination Center - Mapped fire potential forecasts.

• NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center - data, outlooks, maps and a variety of other hurricane related resources.

• Climate Change and Health Outlook Portal - Links to OASH portal filled with data, articles, interactive maps, climate risks and so much more. (also found in NGO: special interest)

• Teach With GIS UK - Explore the recent climate of the UK (1991-2020), Look back at 50 years of weather, Link weather data to understand case study events and Download data about any area in UK.

• Climate Program Portal - resource for organizations and public agencies tracking federal investments in climate initiatives. The Portal tracks investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  Could be used as a data resource.

• Delaware Climate Projections Portal - provides data visualization, data downloads, and general information resulting from climate model runs conducted for the Delaware Climate Change Impact Assessment

• NevCAN - The Nevada Climate-ecohydrological Assessment Network.  Data predominantly consists of meteorological (air temperature and relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, photosynthetic active radiation, and precipitation), snow depth, soil conditions (temperature, moisture, matric potential), surface run-off, sap-flow, tree growth, plant phenology, and Web camera images. 

• NGFS Climate Scenarios Portal - The NGFS partnered with an expert group of climate scientists and economists to design a set of hypothetical scenarios. They provide a common and up-to-date reference point for understanding how climate change (physical risk) and climate policy and technology trends (transition risk) could evolve in different futures.

• PNNL Climate Research Portal - Access to Pacific Northwest's climate science research, including datasets, models, and publications. Research spans breakthroughs to practical applications, aimed at understanding climate risks and enhancing resilience across various sectors, including energy, water, and agriculture.

• Climate Action Data Portal - Resource for climate planning data for the San Diego region. This resource includes annual miles of bike lanes, gas and electricity usage, waste, and greenhouse gas inventory.

• ESA Climate Data Dashboard - The European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI), is a program whose aim is to provide stable, long-term, satellite-based ECV data products for climate modelers and researchers.  Data sets are extensive and varied.

• Fish Forever Data Portal - Real-time data from a network of local fisheries and the ecosystems that support them.  Global statistics include both established and proposed managed access areas and reserves.

• Pacific Climate Change Data Portal - The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. 

• CDP Disclosure Data System - nonprofit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. Created a system that has resulted in engagement on environmental issues worldwide.

• Resilient MA Map Viewer - official climate resilience data portal created by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). It provides access to geospatial data to interactively explore data and create maps related to climate change projections and impacts, vulnerability and adaptation across Massachusetts.

• EGLE Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy - Maps and Data for Michigan including algal bloom monitoring

• The Climate Data Service Portal serves as a integrated platform to render weather and climate data in India

• National Weather Service Climate Portal

• Climate Hub - Open climate footprint database, that can be used for internal purposes without cost.  Explore emission factors for 53805 food products

• Climate Shift Index - Analysis using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index shows how human-caused climate change influenced heat over the last 12 months in 175 countries and 920 cities. Over that time, 90% of people worldwide (and 49% in the U.S.) experienced at least 10 days of temperatures very strongly influenced by climate change. (also under online tools)

• Nature Bridge - Serving Yosemite, Golden Gate, Prince William Forest and Olympic National Parks and the largest overnight environmental education partner of the National Park Service.

• Yellowstone Forever - Has extensive educational outreach and teacher-specific initiatives.

• International Climate Policy and Advocacy Course (ICPAC) - A seven module online course from Care About Climate aimed at youth delegates attending COP28, as well as people looking at connecting remotely with conference events.  They have a number of short and informative videos about the conference, the negotiation process, and the issues being discussed.

• Learning for a Sustainable Future: Live at COP28 - This two-week course, which runs in parallel with the COP28 conference, offers you an opportunity to examine what COP28 is, why it’s important and reflect on how you can add your voice to the call for collective action for a sustainable future.

• UN CC eLearn:  Online courses from a partnership of 30 multilateral organizations supporting countries to to design and implement systematic, recurrent, and results-oriented climate change learning.  An outgrowth of Article 6 of the UNFCCC treaty and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement.   Courses that UNCC eLearn recommends to bring you up to speed on COP28  International Climate Negotiations,  Gender and the Environment, and Climate Change: From Learning to Action. 

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• Terra.do offers online courses for climate careers.  In-depth learning on various climate domains, beginning with a comprehensive 12-week climate bootcamp.  This is not a free resource.

• EnviroSchool: EGLE Classroom Educator Series - Learn how EGLE protects Michigan’s environment and public health by managing air, water, land and energy resources. In EGLE Classroom’s EnviroSchool Educator Series, each session will include a presentation from EGLE staff, plenty of time for Q&A, and curricular resources you can take back to your classroom.

• Cambridge University Climate Science Courses - Explore the topics that interest you, set learning goals, and determine the level of difficulty that's right for you.