On 3 June, researchers Bruna Bataglia (IESP-UERJ), Filipe Chaves (FAOC-UERJ) and Pablo Saturnino (DRI-UERJ) delivered the Climate Emergency – Introductory Module workshop as part of UERJ’s Environment Week programme. Based on our teaching module of the same name, the activity sought to translate in a didactic way the information produced by the scientific community on the phenomenon of Climate Change over the last 30 years for the academic community of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Consisting of an introductory module and five advanced modules, the Climate Emergency Course is aimed at people seeking to critically understand the causes and effects of climate change, especially educators and professionals from different sectors, instructors and multipliers, students, journalists and leaders of civil society organisations and social movements. Already available on our YouTube channel, the five video lessons of the introductory module address fundamental issues such as: the effect of climate on the lives of different populations; the socio-cultural perception of the climate emergency; the main possible collective lines of action for dealing with this crisis; and the main obstacles and obstructions to the necessary socio-environmental transformation.

This OIMC project has the support of the UERJ Department of International Relations (DRI-UERJ), the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ), the Nucleus for Mangrove Studies (NEMA), the Rio de Janeiro State Research Support Foundation (Faperj), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS). UERJ’s Environment Week is organised by the institution’s Pro-Rectory for Extension and Culture (PR3-UERJ).