What you will explore:
- What is climate and environmental change?
- What climate and environmental rights do children and young people have?
- How does the climate affect our way of living and how does our way of living affect the climate?
- What is extreme weather?
- How does the world work with climate and environment issues?
- What would you say to politicians who work with climate and environment issues?


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Welcome to The Magic Classroom on climate and the environment

Welcome

Intro movie

FACT OR FICTION: What do you know about the climate and environment?

FILM: What is climate and environmental change?

GAME: Causes of climate change

FILM: How does the world work with climate and environment issues?

GAME: Solutions to the causes of climate change

QUIZ: What have you learned about climate and environmental change?

FACT OR FICTION: What do you know about children’s climate and environmental rights?

FILM: What rights do children and young people have when it comes to climate and environmental issues?

QUOTES: How do children  and young people notice climate and environmental changes?

FILM: Children’s right to express themselves

GAME: How can children have an influence?

QUIZ: What have you learned about children’s  climate and environmental rights?

FACT OR FICTION: What do you know about climate and way of life?

FILM: Climate and environmental changes in Norway

FILM: Climate and environmental changes in Somalia

MAP: Climate changes in the world

QUIZ: What have you learned about climate and  way of life?

FACT OR FICTION: What do you know about extreme weather?

FILM: Extreme weather in Guatemala

GAME: Extreme weather has varying impacts

FILM: Extreme weather in Nepal

QUIZ: What have you learned about extreme weather?

FACT OR FICTION: What do you know about how the  world works on the climate and environment?

FILM: Meet the Children’s Climate Panel

PHOTOS: Join the UN Climate Summit

QUOTES: What do we need to do in the future?

QUIZ: What have you learned about how the world works for the climate and environment?

Have Your Say

Film levemåte2

Bakgrunn levemåte

How we live and our consumption do not affect the climate  and environment.

High consumption leads to more greenhouse gases being emitted.  Greenhouse gases mean that temperatures on the planet rise. When temperatures rise, it disrupts nature, animals and plants.

Increased consumption means that climate and environmental changes  slow down, as the increased consumption consists of recycling and reusing.

High consumption leads to more greenhouse gases being emitted. Greenhouse gases mean that temperatures on the planet rise. When temperatures rise, it disrupts nature, animals and plants.

How does consumption affect climate and the environment?

Climate and environmental changes only affect adults.

Climate and environmental changes do not affect the way in which children live. Children can live in the same way as children have always lived.

Climate and environmental changes threaten children’s rights,  such as the right to attend school. Climate and environmental changes can also lead to greater differences between people and people can be forced to find other ways in which to live. Indigenous people in particular are at risk of not being able to live in the same way as their ancestors.

Climate and environmental changes threaten children’s rights, such as the right to attend school. Climate and environmental changes can also lead to greater differences between people and people can be forced to find other ways in which to live. Indigenous people in particular are at risk of not being able to live in the same way as their ancestors.

How do climate and environmental changes affect the way in which children live?

Reindeer farming is not affected by climate  and environmental changes.

Climate change leads to large amounts of rain and strong winds. This makes it harder to move the reindeer to new pastures where they can find food to eat. 

Extreme weather, such as large amounts of rain, leads to flooding. This makes it difficult for the reindeer to find food to eat.

Climate change leads to large amounts of rain and strong winds. This makes it harder to move the reindeer to new pastures where they can find food to eat.

How do climate and environmental changes affect Mikkhal Markus and his family’s reindeer farming?

We need to adapt to climate change, we need to be strong and resilient.

There is nothing we can do, we need to live with climate  and environmental changes in future.

We must stop climate change by changing the way in which we live.

What does Mikkhal Markus believe will be important when it comes to living with climate and environmental change in the future?

Extreme weather such as droughts means that they are no longer  able to live off the livestock or grow food. They have therefore had to flee in a search for water.

Extreme weather such as forest fires means that Fatima  and her family have been forced to flee from everything they owned.

Extreme weather such as cyclones destroyed Fatima and her family’s home, forcing them to flee from everything they owned.

Extreme weather such as droughts means that they are no longer able to live off the livestock or grow food. They have therefore had to flee in a search for water.

How do climate and environmental changes affect Fatima and her family?

Fatima shares knowledge about the climate and environment. She  provides information about what climate and environmental changes are and what we can do to help.

Fatima says what she thinks about the climate and environment. 

There is nothing Fatima can do to fight  against climate and environmental changes in Somalia.

Fatima shares knowledge about the climate and environment. She 
provides information about what climate and environmental changes are and what we can do to help.