Scotland’s Climate Week, an annual event that encourages individuals and communities to come together to show support for tackling the climate emergency, begins on 29 September and ends on 5 October.
CLIMATE CONVERSATION PACK
Join communities, schools, businesses and individuals across Scotland taking action on climate change. Climate Week celebrates progress – and shows us all how to go further.
For more details and information on how to take part in Scotland’s Climate Week click here Climate Week | Net Zero Nation
Keep Scotland Beautiful Climate Action Week
29 September – 5 October
Timed with the Scottish Government’s Climate Week, this year’s Climate Action Week follows the story of human induced climate change from past to present, with opportunities for collective action to create hope for the future.
There is an all ages assembly in English with Gaelic interpretation and Live Lessons to support your work on Climate Action.
Each lesson is accompanied by classroom resources.
Climate Week resources
- Climate Action Week 2025 | Keep Scotland Beautiful
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Learning for sustainability: action plan 2023 to 2030 Scottish Government
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Learning for Sustainability climate change briefing Climate Change in Scottish Education | Resources
- Royal Metereological Society Support materials for teaching weather and climate
- Climate Conversations – Climate Change | Net Zero Nation
- Net Zero Nation – Climate Week Toolkit
- Take Action | Net Zero Nation
- Community Resources Net Zero Nation
- Skills Development Scotland Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan
- COP 26 Wakelet – resources and activities around climate change
- Climate Ready School Grounds – Early Years, Primary & Secondary
Personal learning opportunities
- When we think of NASA, we think of space exploration. But much of NASA’s work has focused on the Earth, and its climate . They have some amazing interactive tools that visualise our planet form space, showing the impacts of climate change, habitat loss and natural disasters.
- If you only have two minutes this BBC article on climate change is worth a read.
- This three minute YouTube video explains sustainable development and its relevance to our everyday lives. Learning to change the world! What is Education for Sustainable Development?
- There are 118 free sustainability short courses to choose from on Future Learn so there really is something for everyone!
- If you are inspired to do more, the UN have created Think, Talk Act Climate courses ranging from 1.5 hours upwards…but be warned they contain mini ‘tests’!
- Interested in nature & the environment? The Open University has 64 free courses to choose from ranging from 1 hour to 24 hours
If you are into podcasts here are a couple of climate learning ones:
- TED Climate unpacks problems and solutions in bite-sized episodes (average 10 minutes)
- Climate Vision 2050 – This podcast is set in 2050 and explores how the world radically reduced carbon emissions and saved itself from climate catastrophe. It contains 8 episodes that weave human stories with accessible explanations (average length 30 minutes).
