The new Essential Principles of Addressing Climate Change in the 2024 Climate Literacy Guide is released! Published by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the Guide presents information that is important for individuals and communities to know and understand about Earth’s climate, the impacts of climate change, and solutions. Access to the legacy Essential Principles of Climate Science will remain available through CLEAN.

Climate Literacy

What is the Guide?

The Climate Literacy Guide was first published in 2008 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and was updated in 2009. This third edition of the guide reflects recent advances in our understanding of the climate challenge. As a result, this guide’s definition of climate literacy now incorporates other types of knowledge about the climate system, in addition to physical climate science. The term now includes local and Indigenous Knowledges, social and cultural contexts, the social sciences, climate solutions, and climate justice concepts.

The Guide promotes greater climate literacy by providing an educational and communication framework of principles and concepts. Principles in the guide can serve as discussion starters or launching points for learning about the climate crisis and what’s being done to address it across the world!

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Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson

Join the US Global Change Research Program on a webinar on Oct. 9 from 3-4pm ET introducing the new interagency Climate Literacy Guide. During this conversation, their panel of experts will outline how and why the guide was created, the essential principles it covers, its intended audience, and how it can be used. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity for a Q&A with the team that produced the guide.

Register here to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M0mtkTjwSK-87IezQv2YeA

Explore the new Climate Literacy Guide: https://www.climate.gov/teaching/climate


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