Dear World Leaders
In 2020 a hundred children wrote letters to World Leaders, sharing their experiences about how climate change has affected their lives and their hopes for the progress which needs to be made in the next ten years. Letters came from the UK, India, USA, Australia, Russia, Hungary, Nigeria, Mexico, and Brazil. This book uses excerpts from these letters to explain what climate change is, the impacts of climate change and explores ten subject areas highlighting progress that has already made over the last 10 years and ideas for things that can be done over the next 10 years to prevent further damage to the planet. There is a lot of action that is needed in the near future but here we show what we have done so far to bring some optimism around the potential to tackle climate change and show the ambition of what is possible. This is a book which is set out to help children learn about climate change and support them in understanding some of the solutions to the many problems the world is facing. The authors of the book hope that by amplifying the voices of their generation they will feel heard and that not only are their ideas and opinions valued but necessary to creating a better future. The cross-institutional project was led by Prof Aled Jones at the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. The book includes lesson plans and activities for children to help them think about the world with climate change, how they can be active in responding to its challenges and what might happen over the next ten years.
In 2020 a hundred children wrote letters to World Leaders, sharing their experiences about how climate change has affected their lives and their hopes for the progress which needs to be made in the next ten years. Letters came from the UK, India, USA, Australia, Russia, Hungary, Nigeria, Mexico, and Brazil. This book uses excerpts from these letters to explain what climate change is, the impacts of climate change and explores ten subject areas highlighting progress that has already made over the last 10 years and ideas for things that can be done over the next 10 years to prevent further damage to the planet. There is a lot of action that is needed in the near future but here we show what we have done so far to bring some optimism around the potential to tackle climate change and show the ambition of what is possible.
This is a book which is set out to help children learn about climate change and support them in understanding some of the solutions to the many problems the world is facing. The authors of the book hope that by amplifying the voices of their generation they will feel heard and that not only are their ideas and opinions valued but necessary to creating a better future.
The cross-institutional project was led by Prof Aled Jones at the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. The book includes lesson plans and activities for children to help them think about the world with climate change, how they can be active in responding to its challenges and what might happen over the next ten years.
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Leadership
We need to have leaders at all levels of society that can respond to the
challenge of climate change with bold and ambitious visions that inspire
us all.
What we have done in the last 10 years
The school strikes for climate were born.
Governments have agreed to the Paris Agreement which pledges to keep
temperature increases to well below 2 degrees Celsius.
National laws have been passed with a commitment to reduce emissions
with several countries adopting net zero targets including Sweden, UK,
China and New Zealand.
What we need to do in the next 10 years
We need a robust and ambitious international agreement.
We need to put in place ambitious national policy to deliver real change
that allows us to reach our emissions targets.
Richer countries need to support others with access to technologies and
money to help them respond and adapt to climate change.
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