The devastating impacts of climate change are unfolding in both infrastructural loses and rising eco-anxiety among young people. KAU climate scientist Avit Bhowmik released a new curriculum with the Long Game team at COP29 in Ajerbaijan to trigger rapid action and also lessen eco-anxiety at schools.
The devastating impacts of climate change are unfolding, not only in physical and infrastructural losses and damages, but also in increasing eco-anxiety and trauma, particularly in young people. A majority of young people in the world are suffering from eco-anxiety and think that their feelings about climate change are ignored and often dismissed.
KAU climate researcher Avit Bhowmik with several other researchers and practioners of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accredited organizations started a new network – The Long Game – during COP27 in 2022 in Egypt. The primary aim of this network is to leverage climate education to trigger rapid action across society. It also aims at involving students in real world climate action projects for overcoming their eco-anxiety and give them hope for the future.
The Long Game uses gamification techniques such as storytelling, problem-solving games, simulation and artwork exhibits and serious collaborative games to enhance the education processes. This year at COP29 in Ajerbaijan, the Long Game released a new curriculum for gamifying education at primary and secondary level. The curriculum provides step-by-step guide for educators and educational institutions about which game to utilize at which level and also how to systematically convert schools into living labs for engaging students in real world action projects.
The Long Game operates via change makers in five different countries who will pilot and implement this curriculum at schools. The curriculum development was supported by RiskLab® and newly formed KAU Transformation Lab.
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