The Climate Reality Australia team is delighted to introduce two new climate change education units for teachers and students across the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2011, Climate Leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region to attend an Asia Pacific Climate Change Leadership Congress. Here it became clear that Climate Reality had strong education networks across the region, and demand for teacher resources was high. 

Climate Reality Branches from Australia, India and Indonesia began working together with an education focus. With funding support from AusAID’s Australia Awards Fellowships, the Climate Educators' Skillshare was borne in 2013. This event brought 23 Educators from India and Indonesia to Australia for a 2-week intensive Skillshare - an opportunity to share knowledge from each culture, and to build leadership skills to communicate climate change science and solutions to their students and communities back at home. 

The Climate Education Resources provided on this site were developed to support these teachers, and teachers across the Asia-Pacific region who are concerned about climate change. The resources utilise an inquiry and sustainability action process in which students can make their own impact on greenhouse emissions. They were developed to be used widely across the region, and translated where possible. 

Aditya Pundir, Climate Reality India Branch Manager, sees a pressing need for such resources in his country. "India is one of the frontline nations facing the impacts of climate change, and with its 1.2 billion people at risk there is an urgent need for educators to teach about climate change in their classrooms to children, and educate communities they are in touch with" he said.
  
Amanda Katili, Branch Manager of Climate Reality Indonesia, is looking forward to sharing these resources with her teacher networks. She explains that "the strengths of these documents are the simplicity of complex climate change issues and the flexibility in implementing them."