Stories of climate change: Learn and think about the impacts of the climate crisis on people’s lives

People living in poverty are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change for many reasons. They're often forced to live in makeshift homes, on land prone to flooding, storms and landslides. Making a living is hard - so few will have home or business insurance, or savings to fall back on in an emergency. And when disasters strike, poor diet, sanitation and health care mean that diseases spread rapidly.

These activity ideas and real-life stories from Malawi support learners aged 9 to 14 to learn and think about the human impact of climate change.

• Use an agreement line to consider and discuss ideas and opinions about climate change
• Use stories and role play to find out how some communities in Malawi are being affected by climate change
• Play a vulnerability game to understand that climate change doesn’t affect everyone equally and poor communities are impacted the most
• Make a wristband to show solidarity with those most impacted by the climate crisis