UN releases comic book explaining climate change

from Philippine Daily Inquirer
by Kristine Angeli Sabillo

PARIS — In a bid to explain the issue of climate change to children, the United Nations has released a comic series that features the adventures of two superheroes attempting to address the effects of global warming.

Comics Uniting Nations, a partnership of the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef), PCI Media Impact and Reading with Pictures, launched the series “Chakra The Invincible,” based on an Indian animated film. Chakra is a character created by Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan.

The third comic released by the group, Chakra climate change starts with a group of students from various countries attending a Model UN activity.

The students share their experiences on pollution, drought and other effects of climate change.

Mayumi, a student from the Philippines, talks about the changing weather patterns, which result in stronger typhoons devastating her country.

Read the full article HERE and HERE to read / download the comic series pdf.

Climate Change Starter's Guidebook

The Climate Change Starter's Guidebook (c2011), published by UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), serves as starting point for mainstreaming climate chance education into curricula lesson plans and programs. This Guidebook is intended to support educators in developing their understanding on the wide range of issues relating to climate change, which includes causes, impacts on society, mitigation, adaptation strategies, as well as political and educational responses to climate change.

Click here to download an ecopy from UNESCO.

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