Learning Goals
- Become familiar with international climate organisations and processes
- Create links between global organisations and local organisations known to participants
- Understand how international climate action is structured
- Recognize both global and local actors in climate work
- Create links between global organisations and local organisations known to participants
- Understand how international climate action is structured
- Recognize both global and local actors in climate work
Description
### Preparation
**Thorough Preparation Required:**
- Familiarize yourself completely with the facilitator guide
- Learn each organisation's name, acronym, role, and importance
- Print and distribute the three different bingo card versions
- Prepare 5 marker stones or tokens per participant
- Test video links in advance to ensure sound and visuals work
- Check that language fits your participants (English? Translated?)
- Be ready to explain organisations if video isn't available
**Material Organization:**
- Sort bingo cards by knowledge level:
- **Level 1:** Beginner (6-9 well-known organisations)
- **Level 2:** Intermediate (12-16 organisations, mix of well-known and emerging)
- **Level 3:** Advanced (20+ organisations, including lesser-known processes)
- Count out marker stones (5 per person, distributed in envelopes or bags)
- Have video queued and tested
**Video Preparation:**
- Test audio and video quality
- Ensure language matches participants
- Check video length (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Have backup: if video fails, facilitate as presentation
---
## A. Bingo Phase (10 minutes)
### Introduction
**Facilitator Script:**
> "In a moment we will watch a video about important international climate organisations and processes. These are the groups and initiatives that work on climate change at the global level. On your bingo card, you see short names—the acronyms—of some of these organisations. Each time you hear one of these acronyms mentioned in the video, place a marker on it."
> "Who will be the first to call out 'Bingo'? That's when you get five in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally."
### Card Distribution
- Distribute bingo cards—you can assign by knowledge level or let people choose
- Give each person 5 marker stones
- Explain game rules if needed (standard bingo: 5 in a row)
### Video Watch
- Play the video (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Participants mark their cards as they hear each acronym
- Watch for people completing patterns
### Variations if No Video
If video isn't available:
- **Option 1:** Facilitator reads descriptions of organisations (slower but works)
- **Option 2:** Show slides with organisation acronyms while you describe them
- **Option 3:** Have participants read descriptions and mark cards (loses game element but still works)
---
## B. Global Exploration Phase (15 minutes)
Debrief the video and discuss organisations.
**Reflection and Discussion:**
> "Let's look at the acronyms and organisations you marked. Which of these organisations did you already know, and which are new to you? Can you say why each is important?"
**Facilitator-Led Explanation:**
Go through key organisations or processes, explaining their role. Typical examples include:
**UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change**
- Established: 1992
- Role: The main international treaty framework for climate
- What it does: Organizes annual climate negotiations (COPs)
- Importance: Sets international climate targets and agreements
**COP (Conference of Parties)**
- What it is: Annual global climate negotiations
- Current focus: Paris Agreement goals, emission reductions, climate finance
- Example: COP28 in Dubai, COP29 in Baku
- Importance: Where countries make collective climate decisions
**IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change**
- Role: Scientific authority on climate change
- What it does: Reviews research and publishes assessment reports
- Importance: Provides the science that drives policy decisions
**Paris Agreement**
- Established: 2015
- Goal: Limit warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial
- How: Countries commit to nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
- Status: Ambitious but insufficient to meet goals
**UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme**
- Role: UN's environmental authority
- Focus: Implementation and financing of climate action
- Importance: Bridges global decisions to local action
**Regional and National Bodies**
- EU Climate Action
- National climate ministries
- Local environmental agencies
- Non-governmental actors
**Sectoral Initiatives**
- Renewable energy commitments (RE100, etc.)
- Carbon pricing mechanisms
- Corporate sustainability pledges
- Investor coalitions
### Discussion During Exploration
**Question 1: Awareness**
> "Which organisations surprised you? Which did you already know?"
**Question 2: Interconnection**
> "How do these organisations work together? Who makes decisions? Who implements?"
**Question 3: Effectiveness**
> "Looking at all these organisations and agreements, how much progress are we making on climate?"
**Honest Assessment:**
- Current trajectory insufficient to meet Paris targets
- Many organisations but implementation gaps
- Money and political will often lacking
- Recent COP decisions show mixed results
---
## C. Local Exploration Phase (5 minutes)
Connect global organisations to local action.
**Prompt:**
> "Now let's think locally. We're doing a round where each person names one local organisation or initiative in [city/region] that works on climate or sustainability."
**Instructions:**
- Go around the circle
- Each person names one local organisation/initiative
- Document answers on a board next to the global ones
- Don't repeat if already mentioned (or do, to show support)
**Local Examples Might Include:**
- Municipal government environmental departments
- NGOs (Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, local branches)
- Community gardens or food initiatives
- Local energy cooperatives
- Environmental justice organisations
- Youth climate groups (Fridays for Future, etc.)
- University sustainability offices
- Faith-based environmental groups
- Worker cooperatives
- Indigenous environmental groups
**Facilitation:**
- Help participants think of their own communities
- Encourage awareness of less visible groups
- List them all visibly—celebrate local action
---
## D. Linking Phase (15 minutes)
Connect international and local action—show how they relate.
### Prompt to Participants
**Facilitation Question:**
> "We have now listed both international organisations and local groups working on climate. Do you think there is a connection between them? How might they support each other?"
### Group Discussion Activity
**Instructions:**
> "Make groups of three that do not require participants to change place. Discuss with your neighbours for 5 minutes:
> - Do you think local groups are influenced by international agreements?
> - Do local groups influence international policy?
> - How could they work better together?
> - What is the relationship between global climate negotiations and what happens in your community?"
**Facilitator Circulation:**
- Listen to group discussions
- Ask prompts if groups get stuck:
- "How do national governments connect to UN agreements?"
- "Can a local food initiative affect climate policy?"
- "If your country signed Paris Agreement, what does that mean locally?"
### Whole Group Debrief
**After 5 minutes, bring back together.**
**Prompt:**
> "Please, one person per group in a round, let us know which connections between local and global organisations you discussed."
**Document the answers** by making lines and keywords between the international and local lists.
**Expected Connections Might Include:**
- National governments signed international agreements, then implement locally
- Local groups lobby for national governments to meet international commitments
- International funding flows to local projects
- Local successes inspire international models
- Youth climate movement connects local and global organizing
- Local environmental justice work influences international justice frameworks
- Indigenous knowledge informs global climate adaptation
### Pattern Analysis
> "What patterns do you notice? Who has the most power? Who needs to change?"
**Analysis to Develop:**
- Top-down: International agreements → National policy → Local implementation
- Bottom-up: Local action → National advocacy → International influence
- Both directions needed
- Power imbalances (corporations, wealthy nations have more influence)
- Gap between what's agreed and what's implemented locally
---
## E. Conclusion and Debrief (10-15 minutes)
**Reflection Questions:**
> "Based on your input: How can local participation or activism impact global developments?"
**Discussion Threads:**
- Individual action → community → national → international
- Local electoral politics influence national climate policy
- Social movements create pressure on governments
- Documented local successes influence international negotiations
- Youth activism (global coordination) changes narrative
### Examples to Share
- Paris Agreement referenced youth climate activism
- Divestment movement influenced corporate and governmental climate policy
- Local renewable energy successes influenced national targets
- Indigenous land protection connected to global climate conferences
- Women's climate movements transformed negotiation processes
**Final Question:**
> "Is there any open questions?"
**Closing Statement:**
> "You've just mapped the architecture of global climate action. Now you understand how your local action connects to global change. In the next activities, we'll explore how you can participate at different levels."
---
## Key Learning Points to Highlight
- International organisations provide framework and coordination for global climate action
- Many organisations and processes exist—but progress is still insufficient
- Local action connects to and influences global policy
- Different levels (local, national, international) all matter
- Citizens can participate at any level
- Awareness of who the actors are is the first step to participation
## Why This Method Works
- Bingo game format is fun and engaging
- Acronyms are easier to remember through game
- Visual mapping of local and global connects abstract to concrete
- Group discussion deepens understanding
- Celebration of local action builds agency
- Shows both problems (why so many orgs for insufficient action?) and possibilities
## Modifications
### Time Variations
- **A-B (25 min):** Short version; focus on bingo and organisation knowledge
- **A-E (45-60 min):** Full activity as described
- **Extended (75+ min):** Add research on specific organisations or local initiatives
### Difficulty Adaptations
- **Beginner level:**
- Easier bingo cards with well-known organisations
- Facilitator provides more explanation
- Less complex discussion
- **Intermediate level:**
- Standard bingo cards
- Balanced explanation and discussion
- **Advanced level:**
- Advanced bingo cards with many organisations
- Participants research organisations between phases
- Discussion of policy effectiveness and gaps
### Format Variations
- **Video-based:** As described (most engaging, requires tech)
- **Presentation-based:** Facilitator presents while participants mark cards
- **Research-based:** Participants research organisations before activity; bingo becomes quiz
- **Expert-based:** Invite representatives from local organisations to present
### Localization
**Customize for your context:**
- Use video in participants' language (subtitled if needed)
- Focus on regional organisations relevant to participants
- Include local organisations they know or could know
- Discuss specific local climate challenges connected to global action
---
## Notes for Facilitator
Not everyone is comfortable talking in a big group. Varying between open discussions, rounds where each person gets a turn, and small group work allows everyone to contribute their thoughts in their own way.
**Organisation Knowledge:**
- Study your facilitator guide thoroughly
- Be ready to answer detailed questions
- Admit when you don't know something; offer to research
- Provide both achievements and honest critiques (these orgs are imperfect)
**Video Troubleshooting:**
- Have backup plan if video fails (facilitator presentation, slide show, reading)
- Pre-test audio and language
- Ensure reliable internet if streaming
**Managing the Bingo Dynamic:**
- Some people will get bingo before others—celebrate all participants
- If no one gets traditional bingo, that's okay; focus on learning
- Use as ice-breaker/energizer rather than competitive game
**Linking Local-Global:**
- Show genuine connections, not just "feel-good" stories
- Be honest about power imbalances
- Don't position global as inherently more important than local
- Acknowledge that local action is how global change actually happens
---
## Standalone vs. Integrated Use
- **Standalone (25-30 min):** Quick introduction to climate action landscape
- **Integrated into Module 4 (45-60 min):** Full method as described
- **First of three Module 4 methods:** Introduces landscape; others dive deeper
## Related Methods
- **Unique intro:** Sets stage for Methods 4.2 and 4.3
- **Follows:** Methods 1-3 building toward action
- **Leads to:** Method 4.2 (EU Climate Negotiations) to experience negotiation
- **Leads to:** Method 4.3 (Participation Café) to explore personal participation
**Thorough Preparation Required:**
- Familiarize yourself completely with the facilitator guide
- Learn each organisation's name, acronym, role, and importance
- Print and distribute the three different bingo card versions
- Prepare 5 marker stones or tokens per participant
- Test video links in advance to ensure sound and visuals work
- Check that language fits your participants (English? Translated?)
- Be ready to explain organisations if video isn't available
**Material Organization:**
- Sort bingo cards by knowledge level:
- **Level 1:** Beginner (6-9 well-known organisations)
- **Level 2:** Intermediate (12-16 organisations, mix of well-known and emerging)
- **Level 3:** Advanced (20+ organisations, including lesser-known processes)
- Count out marker stones (5 per person, distributed in envelopes or bags)
- Have video queued and tested
**Video Preparation:**
- Test audio and video quality
- Ensure language matches participants
- Check video length (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Have backup: if video fails, facilitate as presentation
---
## A. Bingo Phase (10 minutes)
### Introduction
**Facilitator Script:**
> "In a moment we will watch a video about important international climate organisations and processes. These are the groups and initiatives that work on climate change at the global level. On your bingo card, you see short names—the acronyms—of some of these organisations. Each time you hear one of these acronyms mentioned in the video, place a marker on it."
> "Who will be the first to call out 'Bingo'? That's when you get five in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally."
### Card Distribution
- Distribute bingo cards—you can assign by knowledge level or let people choose
- Give each person 5 marker stones
- Explain game rules if needed (standard bingo: 5 in a row)
### Video Watch
- Play the video (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Participants mark their cards as they hear each acronym
- Watch for people completing patterns
### Variations if No Video
If video isn't available:
- **Option 1:** Facilitator reads descriptions of organisations (slower but works)
- **Option 2:** Show slides with organisation acronyms while you describe them
- **Option 3:** Have participants read descriptions and mark cards (loses game element but still works)
---
## B. Global Exploration Phase (15 minutes)
Debrief the video and discuss organisations.
**Reflection and Discussion:**
> "Let's look at the acronyms and organisations you marked. Which of these organisations did you already know, and which are new to you? Can you say why each is important?"
**Facilitator-Led Explanation:**
Go through key organisations or processes, explaining their role. Typical examples include:
**UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change**
- Established: 1992
- Role: The main international treaty framework for climate
- What it does: Organizes annual climate negotiations (COPs)
- Importance: Sets international climate targets and agreements
**COP (Conference of Parties)**
- What it is: Annual global climate negotiations
- Current focus: Paris Agreement goals, emission reductions, climate finance
- Example: COP28 in Dubai, COP29 in Baku
- Importance: Where countries make collective climate decisions
**IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change**
- Role: Scientific authority on climate change
- What it does: Reviews research and publishes assessment reports
- Importance: Provides the science that drives policy decisions
**Paris Agreement**
- Established: 2015
- Goal: Limit warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial
- How: Countries commit to nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
- Status: Ambitious but insufficient to meet goals
**UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme**
- Role: UN's environmental authority
- Focus: Implementation and financing of climate action
- Importance: Bridges global decisions to local action
**Regional and National Bodies**
- EU Climate Action
- National climate ministries
- Local environmental agencies
- Non-governmental actors
**Sectoral Initiatives**
- Renewable energy commitments (RE100, etc.)
- Carbon pricing mechanisms
- Corporate sustainability pledges
- Investor coalitions
### Discussion During Exploration
**Question 1: Awareness**
> "Which organisations surprised you? Which did you already know?"
**Question 2: Interconnection**
> "How do these organisations work together? Who makes decisions? Who implements?"
**Question 3: Effectiveness**
> "Looking at all these organisations and agreements, how much progress are we making on climate?"
**Honest Assessment:**
- Current trajectory insufficient to meet Paris targets
- Many organisations but implementation gaps
- Money and political will often lacking
- Recent COP decisions show mixed results
---
## C. Local Exploration Phase (5 minutes)
Connect global organisations to local action.
**Prompt:**
> "Now let's think locally. We're doing a round where each person names one local organisation or initiative in [city/region] that works on climate or sustainability."
**Instructions:**
- Go around the circle
- Each person names one local organisation/initiative
- Document answers on a board next to the global ones
- Don't repeat if already mentioned (or do, to show support)
**Local Examples Might Include:**
- Municipal government environmental departments
- NGOs (Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, local branches)
- Community gardens or food initiatives
- Local energy cooperatives
- Environmental justice organisations
- Youth climate groups (Fridays for Future, etc.)
- University sustainability offices
- Faith-based environmental groups
- Worker cooperatives
- Indigenous environmental groups
**Facilitation:**
- Help participants think of their own communities
- Encourage awareness of less visible groups
- List them all visibly—celebrate local action
---
## D. Linking Phase (15 minutes)
Connect international and local action—show how they relate.
### Prompt to Participants
**Facilitation Question:**
> "We have now listed both international organisations and local groups working on climate. Do you think there is a connection between them? How might they support each other?"
### Group Discussion Activity
**Instructions:**
> "Make groups of three that do not require participants to change place. Discuss with your neighbours for 5 minutes:
> - Do you think local groups are influenced by international agreements?
> - Do local groups influence international policy?
> - How could they work better together?
> - What is the relationship between global climate negotiations and what happens in your community?"
**Facilitator Circulation:**
- Listen to group discussions
- Ask prompts if groups get stuck:
- "How do national governments connect to UN agreements?"
- "Can a local food initiative affect climate policy?"
- "If your country signed Paris Agreement, what does that mean locally?"
### Whole Group Debrief
**After 5 minutes, bring back together.**
**Prompt:**
> "Please, one person per group in a round, let us know which connections between local and global organisations you discussed."
**Document the answers** by making lines and keywords between the international and local lists.
**Expected Connections Might Include:**
- National governments signed international agreements, then implement locally
- Local groups lobby for national governments to meet international commitments
- International funding flows to local projects
- Local successes inspire international models
- Youth climate movement connects local and global organizing
- Local environmental justice work influences international justice frameworks
- Indigenous knowledge informs global climate adaptation
### Pattern Analysis
> "What patterns do you notice? Who has the most power? Who needs to change?"
**Analysis to Develop:**
- Top-down: International agreements → National policy → Local implementation
- Bottom-up: Local action → National advocacy → International influence
- Both directions needed
- Power imbalances (corporations, wealthy nations have more influence)
- Gap between what's agreed and what's implemented locally
---
## E. Conclusion and Debrief (10-15 minutes)
**Reflection Questions:**
> "Based on your input: How can local participation or activism impact global developments?"
**Discussion Threads:**
- Individual action → community → national → international
- Local electoral politics influence national climate policy
- Social movements create pressure on governments
- Documented local successes influence international negotiations
- Youth activism (global coordination) changes narrative
### Examples to Share
- Paris Agreement referenced youth climate activism
- Divestment movement influenced corporate and governmental climate policy
- Local renewable energy successes influenced national targets
- Indigenous land protection connected to global climate conferences
- Women's climate movements transformed negotiation processes
**Final Question:**
> "Is there any open questions?"
**Closing Statement:**
> "You've just mapped the architecture of global climate action. Now you understand how your local action connects to global change. In the next activities, we'll explore how you can participate at different levels."
---
## Key Learning Points to Highlight
- International organisations provide framework and coordination for global climate action
- Many organisations and processes exist—but progress is still insufficient
- Local action connects to and influences global policy
- Different levels (local, national, international) all matter
- Citizens can participate at any level
- Awareness of who the actors are is the first step to participation
## Why This Method Works
- Bingo game format is fun and engaging
- Acronyms are easier to remember through game
- Visual mapping of local and global connects abstract to concrete
- Group discussion deepens understanding
- Celebration of local action builds agency
- Shows both problems (why so many orgs for insufficient action?) and possibilities
## Modifications
### Time Variations
- **A-B (25 min):** Short version; focus on bingo and organisation knowledge
- **A-E (45-60 min):** Full activity as described
- **Extended (75+ min):** Add research on specific organisations or local initiatives
### Difficulty Adaptations
- **Beginner level:**
- Easier bingo cards with well-known organisations
- Facilitator provides more explanation
- Less complex discussion
- **Intermediate level:**
- Standard bingo cards
- Balanced explanation and discussion
- **Advanced level:**
- Advanced bingo cards with many organisations
- Participants research organisations between phases
- Discussion of policy effectiveness and gaps
### Format Variations
- **Video-based:** As described (most engaging, requires tech)
- **Presentation-based:** Facilitator presents while participants mark cards
- **Research-based:** Participants research organisations before activity; bingo becomes quiz
- **Expert-based:** Invite representatives from local organisations to present
### Localization
**Customize for your context:**
- Use video in participants' language (subtitled if needed)
- Focus on regional organisations relevant to participants
- Include local organisations they know or could know
- Discuss specific local climate challenges connected to global action
---
## Notes for Facilitator
Not everyone is comfortable talking in a big group. Varying between open discussions, rounds where each person gets a turn, and small group work allows everyone to contribute their thoughts in their own way.
**Organisation Knowledge:**
- Study your facilitator guide thoroughly
- Be ready to answer detailed questions
- Admit when you don't know something; offer to research
- Provide both achievements and honest critiques (these orgs are imperfect)
**Video Troubleshooting:**
- Have backup plan if video fails (facilitator presentation, slide show, reading)
- Pre-test audio and language
- Ensure reliable internet if streaming
**Managing the Bingo Dynamic:**
- Some people will get bingo before others—celebrate all participants
- If no one gets traditional bingo, that's okay; focus on learning
- Use as ice-breaker/energizer rather than competitive game
**Linking Local-Global:**
- Show genuine connections, not just "feel-good" stories
- Be honest about power imbalances
- Don't position global as inherently more important than local
- Acknowledge that local action is how global change actually happens
---
## Standalone vs. Integrated Use
- **Standalone (25-30 min):** Quick introduction to climate action landscape
- **Integrated into Module 4 (45-60 min):** Full method as described
- **First of three Module 4 methods:** Introduces landscape; others dive deeper
## Related Methods
- **Unique intro:** Sets stage for Methods 4.2 and 4.3
- **Follows:** Methods 1-3 building toward action
- **Leads to:** Method 4.2 (EU Climate Negotiations) to experience negotiation
- **Leads to:** Method 4.3 (Participation Café) to explore personal participation
Preparation
**Thorough Preparation Required:**
- Familiarize yourself completely with the facilitator guide
- Learn each organisation's name, acronym, role, and importance
- Print and distribute the three different bingo card versions
- Prepare 5 marker stones or tokens per participant
- Test video links in advance to ensure sound and visuals work
- Check that language fits your participants (English? Translated?)
- Be ready to explain organisations if video isn't available
**Material Organization:**
- Sort bingo cards by knowledge level:
- **Level 1:** Beginner (6-9 well-known organisations)
- **Level 2:** Intermediate (12-16 organisations, mix of well-known and emerging)
- **Level 3:** Advanced (20+ organisations, including lesser-known processes)
- Count out marker stones (5 per person, distributed in envelopes or bags)
- Have video queued and tested
**Video Preparation:**
- Test audio and video quality
- Ensure language matches participants
- Check video length (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Have backup: if video fails, facilitate as presentation
---
- Familiarize yourself completely with the facilitator guide
- Learn each organisation's name, acronym, role, and importance
- Print and distribute the three different bingo card versions
- Prepare 5 marker stones or tokens per participant
- Test video links in advance to ensure sound and visuals work
- Check that language fits your participants (English? Translated?)
- Be ready to explain organisations if video isn't available
**Material Organization:**
- Sort bingo cards by knowledge level:
- **Level 1:** Beginner (6-9 well-known organisations)
- **Level 2:** Intermediate (12-16 organisations, mix of well-known and emerging)
- **Level 3:** Advanced (20+ organisations, including lesser-known processes)
- Count out marker stones (5 per person, distributed in envelopes or bags)
- Have video queued and tested
**Video Preparation:**
- Test audio and video quality
- Ensure language matches participants
- Check video length (typically 5-10 minutes)
- Have backup: if video fails, facilitate as presentation
---
Topics
Policy & Governance
Materials Needed
- Bingo cards (3 variations for different knowledge levels)<br /><br />
- Marker stones (or similar tokens for marking)<br /><br />
- Timer<br /><br />
- Whiteboard or projector<br /><br />
- Video of climate organisation descriptions<br /><br />
- Facilitator guide with organisation information<br /><br />
- Optional: Video links to organisation introductions
Contributor
MigLAB, INFORSE-Europe