News and Blogs Round-up

Mock COP, the UK Department for Education, British Council and EARTHDAY.ORG are inviting us to their COP27 climate and education event Climate Education Policy Showcase. This will take place on Saturday 12 November, 15:00-16:30 (EET) / 13:00-14:30 (UTC) in the Climate Education Hub, Blue Zone, with speeches from ministers, Mock COP youth campaigners and Dr. Jonathan Dewsbury (Chief Sustainability Officer, DfE). This will showcase how…

The UN Conference of the Parties (COP27) has been in action since 6 November and continues until 18 November. The complexities of climate change require a holistic approach, which UNESCO provides though its longstanding expertise combining science, education, culture, and communication and information. Today, from 4pm-5:30pm (Egypt time) UNESCO will organize a special ministerial session: Youth demand…

Today – November 10th – is Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27. This is a stand alone event this year. There are seven 7 parts to it bringing together policy makers, youth representatives, experts, and advocates. The full programme is here. There’s a Youth-led Climate Forum, Intergenerational Policy Dialogues on Adaptation, Resilience and Loss and Damage, and…

Six of Mock COP’s current Campaign Coordinators and a couple of SOS-UK’s Education Team are attending the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27.  They are co-hosting events, co-organising and co-running the Children and Youth Pavilion, joining panel discussions and engaging policy makers with the Mock COP treaty. Many of these events are available to watch livestream. Here are the events…

Here are a few of the COP-related features currently found on UnHerd. COP27: five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit Jen Allan, Cardiff University  Stronger pledges, more climate finance, and payments for loss and damage. Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here’s what needs to happen Rachael Garrett, University…

To whom it may concern …  Dear COP27 delegate or observer,  We’re writing to you as representatives of the UK Schools Sustainability Network – a network of students, alumni, educators and school staff from across the UK – to pass on our general and UK-specific asks for COP27 in the hope that you can voice…

In 2021, the UK Schools Sustainability Network took over 20 teenagers from across the UK to COP26.  As this isn’t feasible this year, it is hoping that anyone heading to Egypt – or who has contacts there – can pass on the UKSSN’s ‘asks’ of COP27 in general and of the UK delegation. These are set out in…

Elephant Times and ~Tide are organising a series of webinars throughout November. here are the details: school initiatives?  6.30 Tuesday 15th November   Tim Brighouse, Mick Waters and people in school leadership roles, including those from Bosworth Academy – Leicestershire, Barrowford Primary – Lancashire, and Windsor Academy – West Midlands, will start the conversation. What we can learn…