5a: Starting with the SDGs
Climate Action is an important part of the UN SDGs. The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), also called Global Goals which the United Nations has set. Climate Action both has its own goal (SDG13) and is also interconnected with the other SDGs.
The target for Goal 13, Climate Action includes ‘Improve education on climate change’ so by taking this course you are helping achieve Global Goal 13 – thank you! https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal13
Now look at this infographic of the SDGs. How do the other goals connect to climate change? (No need to document your response)
https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/ has lots of resources to support children engaging with the SDGs.
Each of the Sustainable Development Goals has its own set of specific targets designed to achieve the goal. These are targets agreed by the UN for national governments and civil society to deliver. They are written in a language that’s not easy for young people to understand of course.
Taking language and the ideas, and converting them into learning outcomes can be a difficult process. We’re going to be looking at this in the next section.
We’ve used the goals, together with the work of climate change specialists as starting point to create our big ideas.
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