Action for Climate Empowerment

Climate Action: Designing with Policy in Mind

Climate Education, Communication & Outreach Stakeholders Community

Climate Storytelling Workshop

Setting the ACE national context in the U.S.

How can the community review the US ACE Framework?

Implementing the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) agenda at multiple scales to accelerate climate action

Developing a national strategic plan for action for climate empowerment in the United States

Resetting the Futures Knowledge Jam, Diverse Futures Forum, UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit 2020

Empowering Climate Action in the United States with Co-Editors/Authors Dr. Deb Morrison and Tom Bowman

Equitable, empowering, and inclusive participatory policy design strategies to accelerate just climate action, adaptation, and resilience

Building capacity, momentum and a culture of climate action in the United States

Will the Canada-U.S. climate meeting accelerate community empowerment?

BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogues

US ACE Coalition

Inventory of Federal Climate Engagement and Capacity-building Programs

A 2023 updated inventory and database of existing federal climate education programs for strategic planning and implementation

Analysis of a Phase I Inventory of Federal Climate Education, Engagement, Workforce Development and Training Programs

A 2022 inventory and database of existing federal climate education programs for strategic planning and implementation

Morrison and international team highlight climate justice at COP27

News article describing the collaborative work and learning outcomes of the Climate Justice Pavilion at COP27

UNESCO Roadmap for Implementing the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

A paper outlining priority action areas, implementation ideas, and monitoring methods for an educational response to climate issues

Education 2030: Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning

A paper outlining goals, approaches, indicators, and implementation methods towards promoting free, equitable education for all

Education for sustainable development: a roadmap

A paper outlining ESD for 2030 priority areas, implementation ideas, and monitoring methods for an educational response to climate issues

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A foundational and historic international treaty detailing the rights and freedoms of all humans signed in 1948

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

An international environmental treaty designed to fight anthropogenic climate change signed by 154 states at Earth Summit in 1992

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

A UN resolution document that defines the rights of Indigenous peoples, including identity, language, employment, health, and education

Paris Agreement

A legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted in 2015 designed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius

Glasgow work programme on Action for Climate Empowerment

A framework for country-level action to help with implementation of Action for Climate Empowerment

Action for Empowerment: Guidelines for Accelerating Solutions Through Education, Training and Public Awareness

Policy paper that describes the history of ACE and guidelines for countries as they implement the six facets of the program

Integrating action for climate empowerment into nationally determined contributions: a short guide for countries

A research brief that helps countries implement UN ACE ideals by providing concrete target examples for each ACE element

Future pathways for action for climate empowerment (ACE)

A research brief that gives an overview and critique of the UN ACE program, proposing strategies for improving implementation

ACE = Action for Climate Empowerment

A website that gives an overview of Engage4Climate’s work on the ACE program and resources for climate civics

Justice and Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE): Guidance for Equitable Capacity-Building and Justice-Centered Implementation

A research brief that describes specific ways to do UN Action for Climate Empowerment work through a lens of justice and human rights

Teaching for Climate Justice and Student Action

Professional learning session for educators focused on K-12 teachers helping students engage in climate activism in hopeful, real-world ways

Leveraging Environmental Justice to Unlock the Potential of Education

One-hour webinar about community climate justice learning focused on partnerships between university scientists, K-12, and the community