Climate Change Education since Childhood

for Sustainable Development

Desi Lia Putri Saragih

Province Chairperson of Youth for Climate Change Indonesia
North Sumatera Region

children suffer more than 80 % of the morbidity

and mortality produced by climate change

The World Health Organization (2012)

Children is more
vulnerable than adult
Children can be easily
harmed by effects
brought by climate
change

United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF),

Children and Climate Change, December 2007

Climate change could weaken the child

Cannot go to school
Cannot go to school for
because the building taking care of family as
destroyed by disaster urgent duty
United Nations Development Programme Indonesia, 2007

schools give less

attention for educating
climate change

information

Teachers and students

have limited knowledge
about climate change

low

Tety Suryati, Coordinator of Schools local

content for environmental subject, DKI Jakarta

Children need to be
early awared about
climate change
They shoulder the
future of environment

climate change education since

childhood is

necessary

1/3
population
of the world

Building
eco-habit

Gold
learning
age

Preparing for
future climate
rangers

The Climate Class

is established to bring climate change
education for children, to raise their awareness
of climate change since childhood

We connect and collaborate with

stakeholders to deliver the experience
Schools stakeholders ( Teacher, Headmaster,
Committee), Government, Organization, Donator.

They are introduced to

real climate change
effects, and given
chance to share what
they think they can do

We take them to
see and talk about
climate change

A game aimed for not only

fun-playing but also deliver
deep meaning about
climate change harmful
effect

We take
them to
laugh & play

We take
them to
draw a
better future
A message delivered to
their mind about a better
future for environment from
their drawing.

So they
are early
So they
can deliver
voice
So they
can deliver
actions

awared
about

Climate
Change

Giving education about

Climate Change since

childhood may save our
environment in future