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.

Take steps to address climate anxiety

Young people are among those most impacted by climate anxiety, and it can have a negative effect on learning and development. It can also affect your staff and other members of your community. Start to plan how your setting will tackle this issue.

Establish a regular climate anxiety survey

Routinely ask your community about their feelings and worries regarding climate change. This will help you develop strategies to support them.

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Arrange climate anxiety training for relevant staff

The sustainability agenda can feel overwhelming. Arranging climate anxiety training for relevant staff may help them understand and manage feelings of anxiety or distress related to climate change, and identify those aspects of climate change which they can impact.

Repeat action

Develop a plan for addressing climate anxiety

Where applicable, map out how your setting is going to acknowledge and help address the effects of climate anxiety within your school body.

Long term action

Arrange a session on climate anxiety

Where appropriate, organise sessions to address climate anxiety and support those affected to develop agency to tackle it.

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