The Waterloo Climate Institute provides a variety of resources to support climate education, research and action. Embedding climate change and environmental education into curriculum is an important part of ensuring our society can support the transition to a low-carbon resilient future.
Waterloo Climate Institute Resources
Publications:
- A Policy Guide of Best Practices: Addressing Extreme Heat Through a Health Equity Lens
- A Policy Guide of Best Practices Appendix C: Catalogue of Policies and Practices as Reported in the Scientific and Grey Literature
- Climate Change Education: Inspiring Engagement & Action (Climate Pedagogy Symposium Proceedings)
- Community-Informed Heat Risk Experiment in Southwestern Ontario
- Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Southwestern Public Health
- Policy and technical briefs
- The Status of Climate Change Education - National Survey Report
- The Status of Climate Change Education - National Survey Report (French version)
Curriculum briefs:
- Integrating Climate Change into Accounting Programs (EN) (click here for the French version)
- Integrating Climate Change into Architecture Programs (EN) (click here for the French version)
- Integrating Climate Change into Engineering Programs (EN) (click here for the French version)
- Integrating Climate Change into Planning Programs (EN) (click here for the French version)
Digital media:
- Illuminate: Climate Change Simulation Game
- Youtube channel: recordings of past workshops and events
External Resources
K-12 schools:
Post-secondary:
- Canada in a Changing Climate Reports
- ClimateData.ca
- Climate Atlas of Canada
- Climate Central
- Climate Centre Games Database
- Climate Insight
- The En‑ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator
- Health Plan City
- Flood Resilience Challenge Game
- Flood Smart Canada
- Project Drawdown
- Regeneration
- Resilience by Design Climate Action Competency Framework
- WeAdapt: Serious Climate Games – An Introduction
- Worldwide Climate & Justice Education
- World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal
- World Resources Institute Climate Watch Data
- UNCCe-Learn: Free online modules