This December, UNICEF and the city of Copenhagen will host a Children's Climate Forum. Young people from all over the world will come together to share their views on how we should face up to climate change. And world leaders will listen. Four young people from the UK will travel to Copenhagen to take part in the Forum. To secure a place on the team, students need to submit a short video or written piece via the Tagd YouTube channel.
We have produced lesson plans to help link the competition with the Geography and Citizenship curricula. The lesson plans help your students to explore the effects of climate change on the world's most vulnerable communities and to produce their competition entries.
Resources to download:
The application deadline for the competition is 15 July 2009. We are seeking entries from young people who will be aged 14-17 in December 2009. Students will have another opportunity to make their voices heard later in the year when they'll be able to take part in a global debate on YouTube (from September 2009), so watch this space.
Read more about the competition as well as the terms and conditions.
Have you used these lesson plans? Do you have any tips or feedback for other teachers? Please use the comment box below to tell us about your experience.