Climate Action

Climate Action is our core topic and must be one of the three Topics covered in order to achieve a Green Flag Award.

This topic covers learning about climate change and its effects, as well as actions that help reduce your carbon footprint.

Introduction to the Climate Action Topic

This video explains the concept of climate change and it's effects. It then explains why Climate Action is our mandatory Topic, and discuss ideas and examples for how to cover this Topic as part of your Eco-Schools journey.

A full playlist of Eco-Schools guidance videos can be found on our YouTube channel.

Eco-Schools: Introduction to the Climate Action Topic

Support for the Climate Action Topic.

Climate Action Live Lessons

Interactive lessons to help your class understand what climate change is, its impacts, how we are contributing to this situation and how we can contribute to its solution. Supported with classroom resources and activities.

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Climate Ready Classrooms

Navigating the science behind climate change and the actions which individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint can be daunting for young people and adults alike. Climate Ready Classrooms is a free accredited course on climate change and carbon literacy designed for young people aged 14–17 years.

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Resource Library

Search through our library of resources to find lesson plans, experiments or activities for your class.

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Our wider work to combat climate change.

Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network

Our FREE Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network includes our Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood initiatives. Join more than 250 groups from across Scotland in supporting and celebrating community growing projects.

Climate Support for Sport

Climate change will impact all parts of society including sport. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change on sport such as flooded pitches and stadiums, sea level rise impacting golf courses across Scotland, rising temperatures putting athletes and the public at risk of heatstroke and less snow putting the whole of snowsport at risk.

Community Climate Action Plans

Our CCAP programme supports communities across Scotland to design and implement a climate action plan which will also help them to reach Net Zero and adapt to climate change.

Climate Action is our core topic and must be one of the three Topics covered in order to achieve a Green Flag Award.

This topic covers learning about climate change and its effects, as well as actions that help reduce your carbon footprint.

Introduction to the Climate Action Topic

Support for the Climate Action Topic.

Our wider work to combat climate change.

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