Climate Action Day
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Climate Action Day is a free online event which runs the first Thursday of November. The event wraps up the Climate Action Project and aims to bring together youth and teachers globally to learn from prominent speakers, allowing them to showcase their work.
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Participants
500,000
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Countries
150
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Since
2020
Past speakers include HRH Prince William, Macklemore, Jane Goodall, actress Whoopi Goldberg, President Robinson (Ireland), HRH Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, actor Edward Norton, David Attenborough, actress Shailene Woodley, President Santos (Colombia), astronaut Nicole Stottman, UN, UNESCO, WWF, NASA and many others. [ climateactionday.net]
Artist Macklemore highlighting the importance of climate education
During the event we hightlighted collaborations with Ministries of Education in Sierra Leone and the Philippines. We got pledges from the Mayor of Freetown and European Parliament. Students have been able to ask questions to an astronaut, we had authors, magicians, climate scientists, activists and many more.