COP29 Climate Conference Resources

This COP29 resource contains everything you need to bring an UN-style climate conference to your school.

Students represent a range of countries and research, present and debate pledges and climate challenges, then collaborate to raise global ambition for action.

• Suitable for secondary students, and top primary age. 
• Run the activities in class over 3 lessons, spread over 6 lessons, or in off-curriculum days.  
• Hold a conference between eco-groups, tutor or year groups or virtually between schools. 
• Join an ICN-run conference or request an expert facilitator. Read more. 

Contents 

Access our guidance, preparation activities and up-to-date briefings to hold your own high quality UN-style summit.

Teacher guide: details the aims and resource content with links to useful sources of information. 

Activity presentations with accompanying notes: sequence of three sessions that culminate in the climate conference. Adaptable to suit your own programmes.  

• The road to Baku: outlines vital stages of UN decision- making and poses questions for students to critically discuss global responses to the climate crisis. There is a focus on lived experience around the world, particularly for young people and the most vulnerable. 
• Get ready for your conference: sets out the countries and students’ preparation task. 
• COP comes to school: guides you and your students through your own UN-style climate conference and includes specific notes for the conference chair. 

Student pack for preparation and conference use: 

• COP overview  gives background information and statistics, as well as a summary of all country positions. Potential collaborations are offered on the final page.  
• Country briefings from which to select your conference delegations. 12 to 14 countries may be the ideal number for your conference. 
• Opening statement planner to help prepare one-minute speeches. 
• Examples of real-world solutions are provided as a handout for working groups’ reference.