Teaching about climate change

Chiara Soletti is the Human Rights and Climate Policy Advisor for the non-profit Italian Climate Network. She develops activities on the consequences of climate change on people’s lives, analysing how to alleviate the struggle of vulnerable groups under a human rights perspective. Attending the United Nations Framework Change on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the Parties (COPs) she contributes to the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) work, advocating for the introduction of a gender perspective in the Paris Agreement implementation. She lives in London, where she also works for the EIT Climate-KIC as Regional Innovation Scheme Project Officer.

Paul Turner is Head of Geography at Bedales School in Hampshire, an innovative school where students complete qualifications in the schools own certified courses. Paul has taught in a variety of settings over the past 10 years and takes a particular interest in social and environmental activism. In 2017 he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society and Ordnance Survey award for excellence in Secondary Geography. Paul has developed creative teaching materials for topics from Fast Fashion and Factfulness to Climate Breakdown.