Resources for a Climate Change MUN
These resources might be useful for anyone who wants to run a Model United Nations (MUN) on the theme of climate change.
Resources for MUN on Climate Change
Climate Change Mini-Simulation Background Guide by US Dept of State
UNA-GB Model UN Briefing on Climate Change
UNEP Committee Description from UNA-GB Model UN
Montessori Climate Change MUN Briefing Paper
Report of US National MUN on Climate Change
Sustainable Development Goals
Climate Change is Goal 13 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
UN Page for Sustainable Development Goals
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing
the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers
with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and
options for adaptation and mitigation.
UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations agency that coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.
UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
UNFCCC is an international treaty (and therefore legally binding under international law) which every nation on Earth has signed.
Main UNFCCC Website: newsroom.unfccc.int
Conferences of the Parties to UNFCCC (COP)
The United Nations Climate Change Conferences of Parties (COP) are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Paris Agreement 2015
An agreement within the UNFCCC dealing with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in 2020.
UNFCCC page on Paris Agreement
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
Stories by young people on WMO
Other Climate Change Pages
- 10 Easy Ways
- 2024 UN Emissions Gap Report
- A Clean Green Future for Coventry
- A Wake-up Call from UN Secretary-General
- Action for Climate Empowerment
- Alarm Over Siberian Heatwave
- Avoid Food Waste
- Bill Gates talks about the Big Challenges of Climate Change
- Boris Johnson addresses UN General Assembly on Climate Change
- Britain Hosts UN Security Council Debate on Climate Change
- Buy an Electric Car
- Can technology curb climate change?
- Catalogue of Bad Climate News in October 2022
- Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change
- City Councillors Agree to Meet Striking Students
- Climate 2020: The path ahead
- Climate Action Network News in September 2019
- Climate Action Platform
- Climate Ambition Summit 2020
- Climate Change and Mental Health
- Climate Change and War
- Climate Change Committee says UK must now Walk the Talk
- Climate Change Debate by Coventry City Council
- Climate Change Social Science
- Climate Change, Peace & Security
- Climate Change: Turning emergency into opportunity
- Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation Campaign
- Climate Emergency Finally Recognised: Coventry Council to lead the world by doing nothing differently…
- Climate Emergency Forum – Full Video
- Climate Emergency Forum – Video Highlights
- Climate Emotion
- Climate Reporters
- Club of Rome Launches Climate Emergency Plan
- Combatting Desertification
- Committee on Climate Change
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- COP27 outcomes
- Cost of Replacing all Fossil Fuels with Clean Electricity by 2050
- CovCAN First Meeting
- CovCAN Posts in August 2019
- Coventry City – Taking the Fight to Climate Change?
- Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN)
- Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN)
- Coventry Climate Action Network Website Created
- Coventry School Strike has Positive Results
- Coventry Student Strike for Climate
- Covid-19: Another Global Issue Requiring Concerted Cooperation between All Nations
- Criminal Trump Pardons 1500 Fellow Criminals
- Deep Adaptation Video
- Does Climate Change Cause Conflict?
- Eat Less Meat
- Education Secretary puts climate change at the heart of education
- En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator
- Extinction Rebellion
- Food systems need climate resilience to avoid global food crisis
- Friends of the Earth take UK Government to Court
- Future of Coventry Climate Action Network
- Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
- Global Fires Video
- Global mean temperature likely to exceed 1.5C limit before 2027
- Green Electricity
- Has Coventry ever declared a climate emergency and does it matter?
- House of Commons Declares a Climate Emergency – Video
- Human activity made UK extreme temperatures 10 times more likely
- IN THE RED…?
- Insulate Your Home
- IPCC 6th Assessment Report
- IPCC Assessment Report March 2023
- Is Coventry Apathetic About Climate Change?
- Is Coventry City Council doing enough about climate change?
- Jem Bendell Addresses UNCTAD Forum on Climate Change
- July 2024 included warmest day in recent history
- Kenilworth Climate Action Network
- Lawrence Sheriff Students Video
- Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World
- LED Bulbs
- Messages to Striking Students from Coventry Councillors
- Militarism Fuels Climate Crisis
- Mock COP26
- Mustard Seeds Home Educator’s Video on Climate Change
- New Strategy for Sustainability and Climate Change Education
- Nuclear energy essential for a green future
- On the Urgency of a Global Response to Climate Change
- Online Climate Change Debate
- Passivhaus
- Plastic in Our Oceans
- Problems with Lithium Batteries
- Professor says that climate change will lead to near-term collapse in society
- PROJECT: Climate Emergency
- Questions to ask of Parliamentary Candidates
- Recycle, Reuse, Repair
- Reporting Coventry Climate Actions
- Resources for a Climate Change MUN
- Russia Vetoes linking Climate Change to Global Security
- Save Our Ocean, Protect our Future and Climate Change – Video of presentation
- Save Water
- Schoolgirl Greta Thunberg Addresses COP24
- Schoolgirl Greta Thunberg Addresses World Economic Forum on Climate Change
- Scientists Endorse Global School Strike for Climate
- Setting the scene for COP28 – Video
- State of the Global Climate 2018
- Summary of Coventry Students Desired Actions on Climate Change
- Sustainable Development in Coventry
- Swiss Vote Against Reducing Carbon Emissions
- The Elders applaud French climate leadership
- The Elders condemn US for quitting Paris climate agreement
- The Elders demand urgent climate action at G20 summit
- The Paris Agreement
- The UN Climate Dictionary
- The War in Syria Probably Triggered by Man-Made Global Warming
- Things We Can All Do to Mitigate Climate Change
- Trends, risks and tipping points
- Trump Wins – Climate Looses
- Trumping Climate Control?
- UK Government 25 Year Environment Plan
- UK must stop investing in fossil fuels in developing countries
- UK Parliament Discusses Net Zero Carbon Emissions and School Strike
- UK Student Climate Network
- UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment
- UN climate report a red alert for the planet
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Climate Change
- UN Secretary-General tells graduates “Don’t work for climate wreckers”
- UNA Climate and Oceans Network
- UNA-UK on more UK oil and gas drilling
- UNA-UK statement on US President visit to UK
- UNA-UK’s Statement on Extinction Rebellion
- UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2020: An Inflection Point
- UNEP says world is on track for 2.7C temperature rise by 2100
- UNFCCC Executive Warns Climate Change Threatens Global Security and Stability
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Use Public Transportation
- Video of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
- Video of UK Climate Change Policy Statement in House of Commons 23 April 2019
- Walk or Bicycle
- Warwick University Sustainability Hub
- Watch Ice on Fire
- We Don’t Have Time to launch Climate Action Social Network App
- What is the UN doing about Climate Change?
- Why is there a backlash against climate policies?
- World heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise unless countries cut emissions
- World’s leading climate scientists’ view of future
- Worldwide Public Consultation on Climate Change
- Your Guide to a More Energy-Efficient Home
- Youth Strike for Climate
Other Climate Change Resources
United Nations Climate Change page
Wikipedia Article on Climate Change
Click to find YouTube Videos dealing with Climate Change
Climate Change Explained (5m49)
What Happens If The World Warms Up By 2°C? (2m35)
David Attenborough: ‘Climate Change – Britain Under Threat’ (1h00m14)