Our Programme
Our Climate Change Programme is made up of a series of projects which focus on different parts of society, on differing communities, in order to provide an understanding of climate change throughout society, not just within the scientific and political communities.
Using the British Council’s strengths of establishing understanding and trust through careful cultural relations our Climate Change Programme aims to build understanding of climate change amongst the public and, even more importantly, build a desire to do something about it.
The British Council operates a flagship Climate Generation programme but also seeks opportunities to incorporate climate change and sustainability content across all of its core work in the Arts, English, and Education and Society.
Encompassing the E-idea and Climate4Classrooms projects, Climate Generation provides opportunities for young people aged 12-35 with energy and vision to devise and deliver grassroots climate change projects. It also endows them with the leadership skills to engage on environmental issues with peers, communities and decision makers at local, national and international levels. Among other strategic outcomes, this activity demonstrates
The most accomplished participants in Climate Generation are invited to become Climate Champions and they receive additional opportunities to receive training, engage with peers, policymakers and organizations in other countries, develop their communications, negotiation and influencing skills, and attend international climate conferences.
Climate4Classrooms (C4C) is a global initiative that provides scientific data, teaching resources and expert-guided teaching activities on climate change and sustainability. The teaching resources are adapted to national curricula and distributed through a multilingual website, accessible to instructors and students. Theses resources were developed in collaboration with climate scientists and are based on up-to-date research data, including the findings of the ...
E-idea is an innovative programme co-developed and launched in 2011 by the British Council and Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) that funds and mentors young eco-entrepreneurs in Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Chosen through a competition, the eco-entrepreneurs receive technical, marketing, and financial support as well as international training, networking opportunities and access to LRQA’s global business network of 60,000 clients ...
The Zero Carbon Centre is a pioneering virtual exhibition and conference centre developed to connect individuals and organizations committed to building a more sustainable future. It comprises a user-friendly 3-D environment resembling an exhibition centre where each partner organisation has a multi-room ‘stand’ through which to disseminate information, display video and connect with visitors. There is a separate theatre where documentaries are screened. The exhibition ...
