Session 5: Act to Adapt

Submitted by Brigitte Rudram | published 5th Jul 2018 | last updated 2nd Jun 2021

Description

A giant board game that gets youth to prioritise important resources in their community which are vulnerable to specific extreme weather events. Youth must negotiate with each other to take individual or collective actions to protect their community resources.

Real World Goals

Explore how extreme weather could affect your community
Explore how to you can act by yourself, or together with others
Experience how the impacts of climate change could become more intense

Duration

30 – 45 minutes

Further resources

Facilitation guide: Session 5, Act to Adapt
Session 5: Blank Resource Cards, double sided print
Session 5: Resource Cards, double sided print
Previous/Next Sessions



   Y-ADAPT      SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION   SESSION 2: CLIMATE

  CHANGE CHALLENGE

                        SESSION 3: MAP   SESSION 4: SEE       SESSION 5: ACT

  THE HAZARDS   THE SYSTEM TO ADAPT

          SESSION 6: CHOOSE SESSION 7: GLOBAL

YOUR CHALLENGE Y-ADAPT COMMUNITY

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Y-Adapt

Y-Adapt is a curriculum for young people that helps them to both understand climate change and to take practical action to adapt to the changing climate in their community.

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