UN Climate Change Conference – COP29

From United Nations

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Region(s): All of UK

COP29 is the United Nations’ 29th Climate Change Conference, where world leaders, scientists and experts will come together to discuss and agree how to jointly tackle climate change and its impact on our planet. COP29 will take place from 11th – 22nd November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan and the theme for this year is Accelerating Just Transitions for Sustainable Development.

COP stands for the ‘Conference of the Parties’. The ‘parties’  are the governments that have signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

The latest science shows that the world is still a long way from meeting the targets needed to limit climate change to previously agreed levels. COP29 provides an important opportunity for governments to strengthen their targets and to consider the steps that need to be taken to adapt to current and future climate change.

Cost: Free.

Further resources:

  • Sign up for the award-winning Champions of Antarctica project to receive a free learning pack containing lesson plans, resources and videos to help primary pupils learn about the world’s last wilderness and how to protect it. Find supporting book recommendations for KS1 and KS2 from Just Imagine and Books for Topics.
  • Explore a range of video resources on the environment and climate change to support teaching around COP29 from BBC Teach.
  • Topical Talk provides free resources to promote discussion about current affairs and help pupils aged 10+ develop key speaking, listening, problem-solving and creativity skills. Explore their selection of environment and climate-related resources.
  • Explore a range of videos and accompanying classroom resources looking at the impact of the climate crisis on different people, animals and nature around the world from First News. Free to access.
  • Download a selection of free English units with an environmental theme from Talk for Writing.
  • Discover seven different ways to use photos to inspire children’s writing with Photos for Writing, a free teaching resource created by Pie Corbett to accompany a bank of stunning photos of the natural world.
  • Ensure your pupils can keep up to date with climate change issues by taking out a school subscription to a junior newspaper or nature magazine. Find a selection here.
  • Find a selection of author videos, recommended booklists and activities themed around the environment from Scottish Book Trust.
  • Books for Topics have an Awesome Planet Earth booklist as well as recommendations to cover environmental sustainability and plastic pollution.
  • The Climate Fiction Writers League is a group of writers from around the world whose work aims to raise awareness of climate change. Their books include pictures books, middle grade and young adult fiction. You can find them here.
  • Schools can sign up for the Earth School Programme from TED-Ed and UNEP with quizzes and videos that explore how our planet works and the action needed to protect it.

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