InterClimate Network

This morning we launched a report highlighting the views of almost 10,000 secondary-school aged young people in the UK towards climate change, based on one of the largest ever surveys of its kind. Read the key findings here: https://lnkd.in/ewNQDamr James Streeter Tara Theiss Ben Carroll Julian Parkin Michila Critchley Cecily Etherington Makayla Murphy Will Henley Bill G. Emma Callaghan Cristian Parrino Rupali Nahar-Williams Ruben Brooke Mike Barry

🌐 Whilst the real-world COP process was wrapping up in Baku amidst walk outs and controversy, 60+ students in Bham came together in the council chamber for their own (arguably more successful!) Model UN COP 🌐 In the chamber, the pupils did an incredible job of negotiating, voting, making back room deals, tabling motions and all the rest of it. After a morning in the conference, we then gave them a chance to speak with a range of industry experts, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering ambassadors, and council officers about local and national issues, like waste, air quality, transport, energy grid transformation, tree planting, and sustainable construction. From these conversations, they then crafted pledges to take back to their schools and quizzed our cabinet member for Environment and Transport on our climate track record. This was a really fulfilling day to organise and a fun one to watch, even better with some great measurable outcomes: 94% of students left with a better understanding of how the council is taking climate action 91% left with a better understanding of how they can take climate action 81% now feel more confident to share their concerns and ideas about climate change to others (e.g., politicians, school leaders, family, community) A big thank you to the InterClimate Network for their excellent hosting and facilitation, and to the many the council staff and external volunteers who helped make it a success. Birmingham City Council, Cllr Majid Mahmood, Sally James, HonMFPH Brittany Huggins AMIEnvSc, Tonia Clark, Ellie Hignett, Ellie Horwitch-Smith, Kathryn Charlton, Elliot Hemes, David Adkins, Aurelia Hibbert, Jenny Royall, Kumari K. #ClimateAction #YouthVoices #EnergyTransition #BirminghamModelCOP #FutureLeaders #Sustainability

This was an inspiring day with lots of intelligent discussion from the students. It was amazing to be on the panel for the Question Time session, communicating CBC's climate action and answering insightful questions about hope, funding and barriers. A lot of fun !! InterClimate Network Raechel Kelly Louise Forey Dan Clarke

Last Friday we held the Wandsworth Schools' Climate Conference - thanks Anna for joining us! We were really impressed with students' thoughtful contributions and questions.

🌍 COP29 - school edition... 📚 Last week, almost 100 year 8 and 9 students took part in our Schools Green Skills Summit at Ipswich High School 🎒 The COP-style event facilitated by InterClimate Network saw students represent 16 nations, debating real-world climate change challenges and emulating real-life negotiations ✅ It also included a Q&A with local leaders, as well as a mini green skills careers fair with climate-focused organisations It was fully and generously sponsored by: Suffolk Sustainable Schools Network (funded by the Suffolk Public Sector Leaders group) Eastern Education Group Morgan Sindall Construction Freeport East Muntons Plc University of Suffolk Denny Bros Insulation & Heating Installations LTD

💚 Delighted to have hosted the Birmingham Schools Climate Conference 2024 Organised by the charity InterClimate Network young people formed teams representing a diverse mix of developing, emerging and developed countries attending COP29 Great to see our young people, the future of our city getting involved and coming up with some innovative and thoughtful solutions👏🏽 Read more in comments below👇

Today I took part in a great event held at the council house in Birmingham. Organised by David Evans and his colleagues from Birmingham City Council and the InterClimate Network. Eight local schools were invited to take over climate negotiations in a mock COP29 conference. The event coincided with COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan and emulated the real-life conference. Pupils spent the morning generating proposals to speed up climate action and adaptation. This was followed up by discussions around setting funding goals that reflect how urgently extra support is needed around the world. The pupils put forward some great points and their confidence was impressive. In the afternoon pupils attended the climate action fayre, where Sally James, HonMFPH from BCC BRUM Breathes, David Arkins from National Grid Partners, Acivico Group, Elliot Hemes from IPG Automotives, Tonia Clark from Birmingham Tree People, Jenny Royall from Team Modeshift STARS along with myself from Let's Go Zero came together to showcase our work and answer questions on steps to tackle climate change. Pupils were really invested in how to improve not only their schools but their communities too. This was followed by Councillor Majid Mahmood, (Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste and Transport at BCC) hosting a Q&A for a chance for young people’s questions to go directly to local decision-makers. I have to say the questions were very tricky! Finally to end, schools were asked to put their pledges of action forward from their learning today. Can’t wait to see these action in place and I look forward to working with the schools that signed up to Let’s Go Zero today. If your a school looking for support with climate actions click the link below: https://lnkd.in/evq33bmu. A big shout out to Naomi Stackhouse (teacher) from Bishop Vesey Grammer School, so lovely to catch up and see the progress from the Climate Action Plan Let’s Go Zero supported you with. I look forward to following your journey to going zero waste to landfill this year, an impressive achievement indeed!

Thank you for joining us! It was inspiring to see so many students working together to advance climate action.

A great Schools' Climate Conference today in Cheltenham with Cheltenham Borough Council and 14 schools from across the area. Participants braved the snowy weather and students debated different countries' priorities with confidence and evidence of thorough research!

What a brilliant event happening today at the Cheltenham Municipal Offices in the Council Chamber! Young people speaking passionately about Climate Change and considering the issues confronting 14 different nations of the world. Thank you to InterClimate Network Cheltenham Borough Council and Cheltenham Education Partnership.