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Introducing:

The Updated 2024 Climate Literacy Guide!

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First published in 2008…

Last updated in 2009.

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The guide has informed:

    • the NGSS standards,
    • K-12 and college curricula,
    • School classes at all levels,
    • Museum and park exhibits, and
    • education programs across the world.

Background

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Examples of Impact of the 2009 Climate Literacy guide

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2024 Climate Literacy Guide Writing Team

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Types of Climate Knowledge

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Climate Science Literacy Climate Literacy

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Building from the 2009 Guide

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Climate Literacy now includes:

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  • local and Indigenous Knowledges,
  • social and cultural contexts,
  • the social sciences,
  • climate solutions, and
  • climate justice concepts.

Ritika S., ArtxClimate

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  • Description, images, videos, etc.

Essential Principles of Climate Literacy

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  • understands the essential principles of Earth’s climate system and the options to address human-caused climate change, which are summarized in this guide;
  • recognizes credible information about climate change and knows where to find it;
  • communicates about climate change in accurate and effective ways; and
  • is able to make informed decisions related to climate change.

A climate literate person…

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Get it Now!

climate.gov/teaching/climate

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Does the updated climate literacy guide content reflect your work or your community?

Question 1

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What resources do we need to increase climate literacy?

Question 2

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How might the new Climate Literacy Guide be useful to you, your work, or your community?

Question 3

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Where We Started

What do people need to know in order to address climate change?

What do people need to be able to do in order to address climate change?

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How Did We Arrive at This Framework?

Number of responses

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Knowledge of Earth systems and the human influences of climate change are necessary,

but they are not sufficient for change.

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Also required are the human qualities and skills needed to translate understanding into effective, transformative collective action.

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Where We Are Now

What do people need to know in order to address climate change?

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Introducing the Transformative Skills Guide

  • Introduction
    • About the Table of Skills
    • Understanding ‘inner skills’
    • Role of Educators and Practitioners
  • Table of Inner Skills
  • Case Studies
  • Conclusion

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Let’s do this together.