Events

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.

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

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.

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.

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.