Climate & Education

India is a young country and we believe that equipping young people with an understanding and an ability to directly get involved in building a more climate resilient future is a critical need. We are building a network of empowered educators to come together to vision and implement climate education in their schools and universities.

Asar is actively building and supporting a Climate Educators Network—a collective of education practitioners who are best placed to create the conditions by which young people are transformed in their thinking and the choices they make. We also provide advisory support for climate education programmes in select states, identifying best practices and approaches.

Point of Contact:

Pallavi Phatak,
Head, Climate and Education
pallavi.phatak@asar.co.in

Impact:

Advised on the development of the Tamil Nadu government's climate literacy modules that will be deployed in eco clubs in 11,000 government schools across the state.

Carried out a perception survey of 1,600 young first-time voters in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Delhi to build a foundation for political engagement around the need for climate education.

Growing the Climate Educators Network and defining its impact areas via three task forces: Building a base of climate educators in states through capacity building in interdisciplinary approaches to teaching about climate; building a narrative around climate education through several communication and engagement pieces; and shifting education policy to include climate education.