Events

Bringing youth voices into net zero strategy – new approaches (Webinar)
December 8, 2021Join our free webinar which introduces new insights into understanding the motivations and attitudes of young people towards the climate crisis, and in bringing youth voices into net zero planning at all levels.

Hounslow Schools Climate Conference 2021
November 12, 2021The time to act on the climate emergency is right here and now. The UK will host the United Nations COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 and this brings a unique opportunity for young people to influence our response to the climate crisis. InterClimate Network is delighted to join again with the London Borough of Hounslow and Hounslow Education Partnership to offer an event to bring this critical COP26 debate to life.

Solihull Schools Climate Conference 2021
November 11, 2021InterClimate Network (ICN) is delighted to be working again with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council to offer a secondary schools’ event to bring the critical COP26 debate to life.

Reading Schools Climate Conference 2021
November 10, 2021Schoolchildren from six local schools will take on the role of negotiating teams during COP26 at a unique youth summit, and engage with local decision-makers.

Bristol Schools Climate Conference 2021
November 5, 2021This Bristol event is set to bring climate issues to life for local young people through a mix of UN-style global negotiations and interaction with local decision makers.

Gloucestershire Schools Climate Conference 2021
November 4, 2021InterClimate Network is delighted to join again with Cheltenham Council and other local partners to offer an event to bring this critical COP26 debate to life.

COP26 Comes to School (Teacher Training)
October 20, 2021This InterClimate Network (ICN) session is intended for teachers and educationalists who are interested in running a UN-style COP26 conference in secondary school settings.

Teacher training with Devon Development Education
September 23, 2021Free teachers’ workshop, for teachers and TAs of all Key Stages, with Michila Critchley (Programme Manager, InterClimate Network). How do we teach children and young people about the climate crisis and COP26 in a responsible way?

I-CAN Online Training for Teachers
May 15, 2021This is the first training for teachers from France, Hungary, Italy and the UK for the Erasmus+ I-CAN project. ICN is excited that as one of the international partners in the collaboration, teachers from our network are taking part.

Solihull Schools’ Climate Action, 27 April 2021, 4 pm
April 27, 2021ICN convenes monthly twilight Climate Action meetings for teachers and others in the area interested in stepping up action this year.

Thinking Further: Sustainable Futures, Monday 26th to Monday 28th April
April 26, 2021InterClimate Network (ICN) was part of a great line up of speakers for a session on sustainable careers and skills in a series of webinars organised by Solihull College and the Solihull Council sustainability team.

Schools Climate Conference, Merseyside
December 2, 2020“Thank you so much for organising this opportunity, our boys absolutely loved the conference and were keen for it to continue all day.’
Teacher feedback, Merseyside Schools Climate Conference 2020

Virtual climate conference for Merseyside schools Wednesday 2 December
December 2, 2020Liverpool World Centre and ICN are working together to offer a virtual Climate Conference for Merseyside secondary schools on the morning of Wednesday 2 December 10:30-13:00.

Solihull Virtual Sustainable Schools Summit
November 20, 2020InterClimate Network (ICN) was extremely pleased to be part of this online summit organised by Sarah Lardner and her colleagues at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Our team lead a session specifically for secondary schools to share our own plans and vitally, to discuss with a range of teachers and organisations the opportunities and constraints (see Table 1) for more student-led climate action in 2021.

Solihull Sustainable Schools Summit, Friday 20 November
November 20, 2020Session 3 of this online summit is open to all secondary schools and colleges interested in sustainability and climate action including eco-groups and other interested students and staff.

Youth Climate Summit 2020: 9-13th November
November 10, 2020ICN is delighted to have a session about our new COP26 Classroom Resource in the Youth Climate Summit 2020.

Behaviour Change Survey
March 18, 2020Experts to help ICN develop a Climate Change Behaviour Survey

School Climate Conference, Reading
December 6, 2019Reading Schools Debate Global Ambition on Climate Change and Pledge Local Action

School Climate Conference, Bristol
December 4, 2019Secondary students from Bristol and South Gloucestershire met to debate global climate change, and local action.

School Climate Conference, Solihull
November 28, 2019Students from across Solihull met in the Civic Suite on 28th November to debate climate change and to develop their ideas for local actions.

School Climate Conference, Gloucestershire
November 26, 2019Students from Gloucestershire schools met in Cheltenham on 26th November for an intense debate the 'wicked problem' of international climate change, and to work with local experts on what they could do themselves.

School Climate Conference, Hounslow
November 22, 2019Students make climate action their main goal at ICN's Hounslow Climate Conference.

Vision21: Politicians on the spot
October 18, 2019Politicians were challenged by Sixth Formers on Climate Change and behaviour at and event on 18th October when Vision21 in Cheltenham celebrated their 25th Anniversary!

Reading Girls’ School Climate Action Workshop
September 10, 2019ICN was delighted to run a Climate Action Workshop with 87 hugely engaged students from Reading Girls’ School Year 8, and forming part of their wider STEM day programme.

Reading’s 3rd Climate Change Strategy
June 13, 2019Reading students played a big part at Reading’s 3rd Climate Strategy Consultation on 13th June 2019. Their contribution at ICN’s Reading Climate Conference in 2018 had been mentioned when the Council motion declared a Climate Emergency in February.

Go Green Day, Llangollen
March 18, 2019Students at Go Green Day at Dinas Brân school, Llangollen generated 150 ideas about travel, energy, single-use plastics, and food waste. The school council met with councillors in May to press for removing all single-use plastics from school.

Climate Conferences 2018
November 27, 2018Teams of students from secondary schools in four areas met to carry out their own COP24 debate on progress towards the Paris Agreement and try to negotiate raising ambition for more action.

National Summit 2018
June 27, 2018ICN was delighted to hold its National Summit 2018 in Portcullis House, Westminster. The Summit was the culmination of our 3-year ‘Climate Voices I’ project. The Programme provided opportunities for 13 – 19 year olds to broaden their critical knowledge of climate change and develop their voices on climate issues through work and debate with decision-makers.

Climate Conferences 2017
November / December 2017Echoing the November COP23 climate talks in Bonn, young people from secondary schools showed the world how to raise global ambition at four dynamic meetings in their local Council Chambers.

Climate Conferences 2016
November 2016Running at the same time as the crucial COP22 climate talks taking place in Marakkesh, 175 young people from 14 secondary schools in Cheltenham, Reading and South Gloucestershire showed the world and their local politicians the way forward.

Climate Conferences 2015
November / December 2015As United Nations delegates gathered in Paris for COP21 we were pleased to run a series of model Climate Conferences for secondary school students across the South West and South East of England.