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The summary page of the online, self-paced Climate Ambassador learning highlights the next steps to becoming a Climate Ambassador
These online learning sessions have introduced several key insights that can shape the kind of Climate Ambassador you become.
This includes the concepts that actions drive beliefs and that self-persuasion is the only reliable form of persuasion.
Both of these insights underline how important it is to increase a school's agency when you are supporting them with climate action planning.
In concrete terms, this means your conversations with the school community should focus on how to create opportunities for them to act, and share concrete examples of actions.
So, when you are helping a school to develop their climate action plan, it’s probably more useful to focus on offering opportunities for action to different members of the school community, rather than on sharing generic information about climate change.
In short: your role is not so much about increasing schools' awareness and fear about climate change, but instead to increase their ability to take meaningful action – which will then start building their sense of agency.
What are your next ‘action possibilities’ to support schools to take meaningful action on climate change? Take a look at the checklist below.
