The Climate Ambassadors School Program
General Objective:
Increase the level of understanding and awareness of climate change and its impacts among high school students.
Specific Objectives:
✓ Develop students’ ecological competences through practical activities.
✓ Strengthen students’ leadership and civic engagement skills.
✓ Implement sustainable initiatives within schools.
✓ Encourage collaboration between schools, UBB, and the local community for joint projects.
✓ Integrate environmental and climate education into (curricular and) extracurricular activities.
✓ Monitor and evaluate the impact of climate-related actions carried out within the school.
Target Group:
High school students in grades XI and XII (minimum 100 students)
At least 10 high schools in the county:
Environment: urban – rural
Profile: theoretical – technological – vocational
Geography teachers (minimum 15)
Students from the Faculty of Geography (Hydrology and Meteorology, Climate Change and Sustainable Development) (minimum 10)
Proposed Activities and Timeline
Teachers
Planning: establish a project planning committee.
Participation in training sessions:
organization of 1–2 online or in-person trainings led by lecturers from the Faculty of Geography (FAG).Organization and implementation of activities with students:
coordinate activities within each school,
establish climate embassies in each participating school,
guide student activities throughout the project.
Students
Training sessions: held by lecturers from the Faculty of Geography (FAG).
Practical activities (learning by discovery):
identify adaptation and mitigation measures for climate change at the school level,
propose practical solutions within their schools.
Communication activities:
debate on “Climate Change and Fake News.”