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CLIMATE POLICY QUEST CHALLENGE

Empower Students to Create Climate Policy!

2024/2025

Take the Climate Policy Quest Challenge by leading your learners through a climate change and policy inquiry, and encouraging them to develop their own climate policy proposal. 

Age Range
Grade 9-12

Time Commitment
15-20 hours

Subjects
Science, Social Studies, Languages

Review the challenge package and register your learners

Download and review the Climate Policy Quest Challenge Package below, which contains the challenge instructions, selection criteria, and final reflection questions. 
Please use the links below to access the 2025 Challenge Package.
Once you have reviewed the package, register your learners for the 2024/25 challenge! The deadline to register and submit is May 9th, 2025.

Complete one or more learning activities below

  • How is Climate Change Shaping the World?
  • Evolution of Climate Science
  • Global Impacts of Climate Change

    • Complete at least one of the following learning activities on climate policy

    The following activities will give the class foundational knowledge of climate policy:


    Complete one of the following learning activities on Canada's role in climate policy

  • How does Canada Contribute to Global GHG Emissions?
  • What Role Can Canada Play in Global Climate Action?

    • Complete the following activities on climate policy



    Complete any one of the following activities

  • The Negative Externality Game: Collective Action to Address Climate Change
  • Climate Change Policy Simulator Activity
  • Climate Change Policy and Indigenous Relations

    • Use the Educator Resource to help structure your approach to the above learning activities and guide your way through the challenge.

    Create a new climate policy!

    The policy can be written or presented in any format you choose. This climate policy should highlight innovative strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainability, with the aim of helping to meet 2050 climate targets around the world.

    Share with your community 

    Share a picture and/or video of your final climate policy project and post it on your social media. Don’t forget to tag us @GreenLearning

    Submit your challenge for a chance to win! 

    Submissions will be reviewed by our panel of industry experts, and the submissions that demonstrate the highest potential for impact will be selected as the winners! The deadline to submit is May 9, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

    The grand prize for the winning class is $1,000, the second prize is $500 and the third prize is $250!

    Submissions will be reviewed by our panel of industry experts. The deadline to submit is May 9, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

    *Participation in this challenge is only open for Canadian residents. Click here to review the challenge rules and regulations.

    Looking for inspiration? Check out some of the submissions from past years!