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Educating for Climate Action and Justice: Guidelines for Excellence is part of a continuing series
of documents published by the North American Association for Environmental Education
(NAAEE) as part of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education. The project
is committed to synthesizing the best thinking about environmental education through
an extensive review and discussion process. Hundreds of individuals and organizations
representing all aspects of environmental education reviewed working outlines and drafts.
This project was funded by the Office of Environmental Education at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) through the National Education and Training Program. The contents
of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of EPA, nor does mention of
trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
- Topics on: Climate Justice, Climate Resilence, Climate Sustainability, Environmental Leadership
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This guide to transformative skills for climate action expands climate literacy to encompass those inner skills, qualities and capacities that help translate scientific understanding into transformative shifts in the way we do things, individually and collectively. The hope is that this guide will help educators and practitioners shift culture and equip the whole of society with these essential inner resources.
Consultation Draft, 1.7
- Topics on: Climate Justice, Climate Policy, Climate Resilence, Climate Sustainability, Environmental Leadership, Social Impact and Sustainability
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Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change presents information that is important for individuals and communities to know and understand about Earth’s climate, the impacts of climate change, and solutions. Principles in the guide can serve as discussion-starters or launching points for learning about the climate crisis and what’s being done to address it across the world. The guide aims to promote greater
climate literacy by providing this educational and communication framework of principles and concepts.
Developed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
To download this guide and related documents,see globalchange.gov/reports/climateliteracy-guide-third-edition and
climate.gov/climateliteracy
- Topics on: Business and Climate Change, Climate Policy, Climate Resilence, Climate Science, Sustainable Cities
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The Climate Dictionary is an initiative aimed at providing an everyday guide to understanding climate change. It seeks to bridge the gap between complex scientific jargon and the general public, making climate concepts accessible and relatable to individuals from various backgrounds and levels of expertise.
The concept was driven by the belief that empowering people with knowledge is crucial in fostering action and collective responsibility towards addressing climate change. By utilizing a creative combination of compelling visuals, concise explanations, and engaging storytelling, “The Climate Dictionary” effectively communicated complex climate concepts in a user-friendly and visually captivating manner. The publication features a series of climate-related term or phenomenon. The content was meticulously crafted to cater to diverse audiences, catering to both the scientifically inclined and those with limited prior knowledge of the subject.
- Topics on: Adaptation, Business and Climate Change, Climate Finance, Climate Justice, Climate Policy, Climate Science
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The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator is a fast, powerful climate solutions scenario tool for understanding how we can achieve our climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies. The simulator focuses on how changes in global GDP, energy efficiency, technological innovation, and carbon price influence carbon emissions, global temperature, and other factors. It is designed to provide a synthesis of the best available science on climate solutions and put it at the fingertips of groups in policy workshops and roleplaying games. These experiences enable people to explore the long-term climate impacts of global policy and investment decisions.
En-ROADS is being developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, UML Climate Change Initiative, and MIT Sloan.
- Topics on: Climate Justice, Climate Policy, Climate Science, Climate Sustainability, Decarbonization, Energy, Environmental Economics, Mitigation, Net Zero, Net Zero Strategies
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Winner of the 2024 Business Book Awards (Change & Sustainability category)
Winner of the Bronze Axiom Business Book Award 2024 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category.
This book should be core reading in every MBA and beyond!
Every manager and every employee in every function can embed climate solutions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book, written by experts in the field of sustainability in business, shows you how.
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges we face today, and it affects all aspects of business and society. Consequently, everyone needs to know the best high-impact climate solutions that can be embedded into their organisational area. In this book you will find ideas for your team, your department and your organisation to make this a reality. We provide you with implementation plans and inspiring case studies, with practical and helpful tools that will help you to scale up climate solutions effectively and efficiently. If you are an owner of a company or an executive in any organisation, you will benefit from this step-by-step guide on how to set up your own greenhouse gas management plan, how to set targets and how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of your whole organisation. We explain key terms such as Net Zero, Carbon Neutral, carbon emissions equivalents and the three scopes. In order to halve our emissions worldwide by 2030 to achieve Net Zero by 2050, individual actions on a large scale are required, but also systemic changes. We look at the bigger picture in this book and also how you could effect change.
This is the first book to offer an easy-to-implement approach to decarbonise organisations and transform societies, and is appropriate for managers at any level. This book can also be used in business schools to inspire future managers and business leaders. Last, but not least, everyone can find ideas here that they can implement in their personal lives – let’s scale up together!
- Topics on: Climate Finance, Climate Investing, Climate Policy
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Are you ready to boost your climate knowledge? This engaging, asynchronous e-learning course will help you discover key climate terms and mechanisms, prepare you with essential knowledge about hazards impacting your community and industry, and introduce you to effective adaptation and mitigation strategies at regional, national, and international levels. This 1.5-hour course is tailored to your location and industry and equips you to make a real impact in your field.
Learning Outcomes:
– Describe fundamental climate concepts including the greenhouse effect, feedbacks, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience
– Understand that humans depend on and are affected by Earth’s systems at the local, regional, and global level
– Describe the impacts of climate change on ecosystem health and human communities, including how those impacts are unevenly distributed
– Describe how human activities contribute to climate change and identify actions to reduce impacts
– Develop a basic understanding of how different industries interact with social equity, public health, economic prosperity, and environmental systems in the context of climate hazards
– Gain basic awareness of industry-specific, national, and global solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change
– Explore credible sources of information about climate change
- Topics on: Adaptation, Climate Science, Mitigation, Social Impact and Sustainability
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Sustainability case and module collection link within the Harvard Business Publishing website.
- Topics on: Business and Climate Change, Climate Finance, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Decision, Risk, and Operations
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This is the workbook that accompanies my book Sustainability Simplified, releasing late October 2024.
It teaches the Spodek Method experientially. The Spodek Method is a leadership technique that leads people through intrinsic motivation, not extrinsic. It avoids convincing, cajoling, coercing, and otherwise relying on extrinsic motivation, which may get compliance but tends to reinforce beliefs driving the behavior we want to change.
It leads to changing culture.
- Topics on: Climate Justice, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Decarbonization, ESG, Renewable Energy, Social Impact and Sustainability
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Global educators gathered monthly to share best practices for teaching climate in business schools. Access materials and recordings from 5 inspiring sessions.
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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Climate change is not just a societal issue; it is a business issue. Tomorrow’s business leaders—today’s MBA students—need to understand the operational, financial, strategy, and leadership implications of climate impacts. This brief deck covers the why and the how of how to bring climate topics to the business school classroom—including go-to resources for finding syllabi, case studies, and interactive exercises.
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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Each of our Erb Institute toolboxes is designed to help you better implement decision-making strategies for sustainability at your company. These toolboxes cover a wide variety of topics and are routinely updated to keep up with changing innovations and trends.
- Topics on: Climate Finance, Climate Investing, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech
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Each of our Erb Institute toolboxes is designed to help you better implement decision-making strategies for sustainability at your company. These toolboxes cover a wide variety of topics and are routinely updated to keep up with changing innovations and trends.
- Topics on: Climate Finance, Climate Investing, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech
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This is the play against the computer version of Conscious Capitalism. For the play against classmates version, see https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/MP0015-HTM-ENG. Now available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The goal of the Conscious Capitalism® Bikes simulation is to develop conscious leaders that build sustainable businesses that benefit all stakeholders. Target Course: Capstone strategy, management, and entrepreneurship for undergraduates and graduates. Students are challenged to operate a conscious business in contrast to the traditional profit-maximizing paradigm. They deal with ethical, environmental, and sustainability issues in addition to the usual management challenges of running a business. It is fun, realistic, relevant, and spirited. Conscious Capitalism® Bikes is a collaborative effort between Conscious Capitalism, Inc and the makers of Marketplace simulations. Game Scenario: Student teams start up an international bicycle company. Two innovative technologies, an economical form of carbon fiber and advanced 3D printers, make it possible to build carbon fiber bikes of any size and shape. The new carbon fiber bikes are still pricey, but more affordable than current models. Will buyers pay the premium for a light weight, really cool, carbon fiber bike tailored to their needs? There is also a new mindset emerging in global commerce, Conscious Capitalism. Will the students take on an expanded goal to become a profitable, conscious business that aligns and harmonizes the interests of employees, customers, suppliers, the community, and shareholders? Instructor Involvement: Instructor/student interaction is encouraged. Students are highly receptive to coaching, targeted lectures, and exercises that enhance their business skills. Student work is online, self-guided with an intuitive interface, built-in instructions, help files, and helpful warnings. There are 6 decision rounds of 2 to 3 hours. Designed for small to medium classes, team or individual play. This product was designed and developed to comply with WCAG 2.0 AA standards.
- Topics on: Climate Finance
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Virtual learning series for MBA students.
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability
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Free, open educational resources from the world’s leading experts on sustainable development
The SDG Academy is the premier source of high-quality resources and guidance on education for the SDGs, with the mandate to enrich the field of sustainable development and advance Agenda 2030
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability
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CTVC is the industry leading newsletter powered by Sightline Climate. Take a deeper look at the market intelligence platform bringing clarity to the new climate economy.
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Sustainability
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CarbonSim is an artificial intelligence-enhanced, multi-lingual, multi-user, software application that teaches the principles of emissions trading and brings markets to life. ETS program administrators benefit because it demonstrates that program results are driven by design choices made by policymakers. Industries benefit because it demystifies how to develop and implement a carbon portfolio management strategy.
CarbonSim provides ETS policymakers, regulated companies, NGOs, and the public – with means to train key staff, gain risk-free experience, and collaborate with each other to maximize program benefits. Through experiential and collaborative play, stakeholders come to understand the power and limits of environmental markets and, in the process, become more effective advocates. CarbonSim exercises have been run around the world including in cities throughout China and Mexico, as well as Bangkok, Barcelona, Boston, Durham, New York, Pyeongchang, San Francisco, Santiago, Seoul, and Washington DC.
- Topics on: Decarbonization
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MIT OpenCourseWare is an online publication of materials from over 2,500 MIT courses, freely sharing knowledge with learners and educators around the world.
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech
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Climate Literacy training to tackle the climate crisis and promote climate solutions
Are you concerned about the climate crisis? Are you concerned about how businesses and societies will be affected by the climate crisis and want to find out ways you could still mitigate the risks? Do you want to link the Covid-19-recovery with a transition to a low-carbon economy addressing social inequalities simultaneously?
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges we are currently facing, and it will affect all aspects of business and society and all other areas we might be concerned about such as economic recovery poverty or loss of biodiversity. Consequently, graduates and employees with the know-how in tackling environmental and social issues to cope with future challenges have a competitive advantage in the job market.
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability