{"id":24916,"date":"2025-05-16T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talking-hope.org\/?page_id=24916"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:55:35","slug":"mercator-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/talking-hope.org\/en\/mercator-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Climate Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOCIAL CLIMATE PROJECT<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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SOCIAL CLIMATE PROJECT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Empowering Youth for Climate Action<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peer-led Engagement Initiative with Young Adults<\/strong><\/strong>
April 2025 \u2013 March 2027 <\/mark><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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In the Social Climate Project, young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds develop their own responses to the climate crisis \u2013 creatively, boldly, and collectively. Building on the findings of our Scoping Project<\/a>, we specifically promote the social self-efficacy and democratic participation of young adults whose voices have often been overlooked in climate and democracy processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our goal:<\/strong> Making climate protection more tangible and socially just \u2013 through formats that reflect real-life experiences and enable participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Social Climate Project is a peer-led and participatory education and engagement initiative focused on young adults with rural, East German, and migrant backgrounds and\/or low formal education. In workshops like \u201cFuture You,\u201d participants explore future visions, strengthen their resilience, and design their own projects for social engagement and climate action. The approach is \u201cbottom-up\u201d and based on open processes. The project is complemented by social media outreach, a podcast, the \u201cFuture Playbook,\u201d and the Social Climate Futures Convention \u2013 a meeting space for young ideas and collective change. The project is funded by Stiftung Mercator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further information can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The Social Climate Project Advisory Board brings together experts from science, practice, and policy to accompany our work on socially inclusive climate communication and education. Its members reflect on and evaluate the project, help us sharpen the formats and pathways that reach young adults too often left out of the climate conversation, and connect us with the people and institutions who can carry this work further. The board stands alongside Talking Hope as we work at the intersection of climate action, social justice, and democracy. The question that drives us is practical: What does it take to encourage and empower collective climate action among young people from all walks of life? <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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If you are interested in our projects, please contact us or visit our social media accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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