▶Summary
OVERALL: Enhance the capacities of youth workers (YWs) to identify and counter climate misinformation, fostering critical thinking and digital literacy among young people. SPECIFIC: 1. Equip YWs...
▶Objectives
OVERALL: Enhance the capacities of youth workers (YWs) to identify and counter climate misinformation, fostering critical thinking and digital literacy among young people. SPECIFIC: 1. Equip YWs with effective tools to assess, identify, and combat climate-related misinformation. 2. Provide YWs with innovative, game-based educational tools to engage young people. 3. Empower young people to critically assess climate information and actively advocate for accurate climate knowledge.
▶Activities
- Provision of a Fact-Checking Toolkit for YWs to assess and address climate misinformation. - Development and testing of game-based educational resources, including a Climate Myth-Busting Challenge and a Multi-Role Simulation Game. - Co-design of Game-Based Living Labs where YWs and young people collaborate to debunk climate myths. - Organizing training for youth workers and interactive activities for young people to foster media literacy and critical thinking.
▶Impact
- Increase in positive and responsible behavior change among young people in identifying and debunking climate misinformation. - Heightened awareness in youth work about the importance of media literacy in the context of climate education. - Min. 100 youth workers trained and equipped with innovative tools and resources to counter climate misinformation. - Min. 400 young people empowered to critically engage with climate information and act as advocates for climate truth in their communities.