Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Climate change awareness training for all staff

Your key decision makers must be able to promote sustainable initiatives at your setting. To do this, they will need tailored sustainability training to build their awareness of sustainability challenges, particularly the risks posed by climate change.

This guidance is intended to help you choose training that’s right for your setting. We can not recommend particular courses or resource providers.

Why climate change awareness training

Building awareness of sustainability challenges, particularly the risks posed by climate change, is essential for your entire staff body. A well-informed workforce will be more motivated to act, and more able to do so in an effective manner.

How to choose training

Climate awareness training should cover general sustainability, climate change awareness and carbon literacy. It should leave staff with the confidence to take action at your setting.

Look for climate change awareness training that is CLP certified. It should cover at least some of the following:

• the basics of carbon footprinting
• the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities
• the importance and urgency of climate change action
• the science of climate change
• how to develop strategies for communicating action on climate change
• how to develop actions you can take to act on climate change
• how your setting can promote sustainability and encourage change in your community
• international, national, and education sector strategies and targets
• social equity and climate change - how climate change affects vulnerable communities more, although they produce fewer emissions