This guide has been created to support secondary school educators in their efforts to work with youth to take action on climate change. Through the thought-provoking activities contained here, students will have the opportunity to nurture their compassion and discover how climate change is affecting children around the world, especially children in developing countries. We aim to provide you with tools that will support your students in their efforts to affect meaningful and lasting change, and inspire them to take action at a local level.

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Introduction -- UNICEF Canada’s global classroom program -- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- UNICEF Canada tackles climate change -- Rights respecting schools -- Canada's responsibility to developing nations -- Critical hope: an approach to teaching about climate change -- Climate change connections -- Youth participatory education -- Guide overview -- Educators: Let's go green -- Themes -- Connecting the themes -- Food security -- Health -- Natural disasters -- Natural environments -- Water -- Energy -- Further Resources -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Child-Friendly Language -- Appendix C: Assessment: Culminating Task Rubrics -- Appendix D: How Climate Change affects Children -- Appendix E: Reflect and Act Student Handout --Appendix F: Millennium Development Goals -- Appendix G: Curriculum Links for British Columbia -- Appendix H: Curriculum Links for Ontario -- Appendix I: Curriculum Links for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.