Education & Outreach Program

A trusted source of information on risks of climate change and potential options for intelligent adaptation and greenhouse emissions reduction, the Climate Institute’s website has been instrumental in educating the general public about the gravity of climate change impacts. Throughout the years, the Institute has developed a successful outreach program through public talks, lectures, presentations and become a focus especially for conveying climate information to Washington-based embassies and for encouraging cooperative action among universities, religious groups and developing country institutions.

Its quarterly publication, the Climate Alert seeks to explore smart climate solutions such as removing barriers to energy recycling and use of natural defenses against sea level rise and storm damage.

Building on the release of Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change and its quarterly newsletter, Climate Alert, the Climate Institute is developing a strong outreach and education program in the US and in Mexico to provide objective and comprehensive information on climate change risks and potential responses. The Institute’s website (www.climate.org) provides a variety of online tools including a directory by country and region of climate-focused organizations. It is extensively visited and recognized as a valuable information source. The Institute is reaching out to an even broader audience through public talks and presentations. Its website content is being translating into five other languages, including Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Chinese.

The Climate Institute has also been working with film makers seeking to do major television series or full length films on climate topics; most immediate partnerships are with Stonehaven Productions in Montreal (Karen Coshof) that wants our technical support in an international HDTV series they are developing and Bahati Productions (Katie Carpenter) in New York that is considering doing a full length film on Mexico with a special focus on the Tickell Observatory.