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Read about the successful World Climate Teach-In Day in Ébolowa, Cameroon in english or french.

Universities and schools from a total of 88 countries downloaded climate lectures provided by this year's World Climate Teach-In Day. To date, more than 45,000 students have potentially been informed through the dedicated lectures which had been downloaded more than 1,600 times. Next year's Climate Teach-In Day will be dedicated to "Climate Change in Africa".

EU commissioner Mrs Conny Hedegaard is the patron of this years’ world climate teach-in day. Read more about what she has to say.

Free download of our World Climate Teach-In Day poster here!
Want a hardcopy for your school or university? Please e-mail a short note with your full contact data to: klima@ls.haw-hamburg.de

UNEP's Achim Steiner asks students worldwide to look hard at the facts, look hard at the challenges but above all concentrate on the opportunities that climate change provides. Watch his video.

The event will consist of lectures on different aspects of climate change prepared by reknowned experts in the field. The lectures will be prepared in a way that allows the contents to be understood by secondary school and university students. [More]

Patronage

The patron of this year's World Climate Teach-In Day 2010 is commissioner Conny Hedegard (European Commissioner for Climate Action, Denmark).
"Climate change is a challenge that no-one, no-where can escape. It is already happening and if not controlled its consequences could be desastrous. And yet if we act quickly, boldly and jointly we can do a lot about it. We owe this much to future generations. The World Climate teach-In day is one of the initiatives that contribute to engaging and mobilising in favour of climate action. I am very happy to be its patron this year".

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Partners and Sponsors

The following institutions are Partners of "World Climate Teach-In Day":

United Nations Environment Programme
World Meteorological Organisation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
US Environmental Protection Agency
European Space Agency
European Environment Agency
UNESCO

Dr Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) supports as well the World Climate Teach-In Day 2010:

"Look hard at the facts, look hard at the challenges but above all concentrate on the opportunities! The future of our economies will be green, whether by design or by default. Climate Change is the best illustration of that point of choice we find ourselves in at this point of history."

His video message: