Module 1 of the TEAMIT+ training programme is designed to develop a deeper understanding of global environmental and social challenges while equipping participants with essential skills. Through four interactive workshops and role-playing activities, you are going to explore key topics such as climate change, circular economy, climate justice, and migration, gaining practical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and negotiation experience.
This module places a strong emphasis on collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving by simulating real-world scenarios, allowing you to engage in climate negotiations, policy discussions, and debates on pressing global issues.
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Ability to interpret data, analyze environmen-tal policies, and challenge common misconceptions, especially on sensitive top-ics like migration and climate justice.
Negotiation & Decision-Making
Experience in complex discussions, particu-larly about climate and policy negotiations.
Public Speaking & Discussion Skills
Enhanced confidence in expressing ide-as, presenting arguments, and participating in debates.
Teamwork & Collaboration
Ability to work in groups, listen actively, and engage in constructive dialogue with people holding different perspectives.
Environmental Awareness & Policy Knowledge
Supported by up-to-date facts and figures.
This workshop, created by Climate Interactive, is an interactive way to learn about climate change and global decision-making. Through world climate negotiation, you will explore key sectors like energy, agriculture, industry, trade, and finance. You’ll also learn about the laws, trends, and interests shaping these areas.
The workshop helps you understand how climate agreements are made. Many people assume decision-making is quick and easy, but in reality, finding compromises is challenging. By participating in a simulated climate negotiation, you will experience firsthand the difficulties of reaching agreements and see how different sectors can contribute to climate solutions. You’ll also discover that large-scale actions are often more effective than individual efforts.
The Climate Action Simulation is a role-playing game where participants act as world leaders at a fictional UN climate summit. A trained facilitator, playing the role of the UN Secretary-General, guides the session. You are divided into 6–8 groups, each representing influential stakeholders, and their goal is to create a plan to limit global warming to below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Each group must propose climate policies while considering both their own interests and the impact on global temperatures. Their decisions are entered into the EN-ROADS Simulator, which shows the effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Some policies may cancel each other out, and conflicts may arise when groups prioritize their own goals.
After the initial proposals, groups are given time to discuss, negotiate, and form alliances to reach a final agreement. At the end, the facilitator reveals the final global temperature outcome using the simulator. More than just a game, this exercise will help you understand the connections between different sectors and the compromises needed for real climate action.
This workshop introduces the concept of the circular economy, focusing on key topics such as waste management, sustainable production, plastic pollution, resource use, and industrial ecology. Instead of the traditional linear economy—where products are made, used, and discarded—the circular economy aims to reduce waste, optimize resources, and keep materials in use for as long as possible. You will explore real-world examples of circularity and learn how to rethink about production and consumption.
How this Workshop Works
Participants will be divided into teams of 5 to 8 people. Each team will work with a large paperboard that visually represents the transition from a linear economy (our current system) to a circular economy. The workshop is divided into two phases:
Each group receives a set of cards representing different aspects of the linear economy. Teams have 5 to 10 minutes to place the cards correctly on the board. A guided discussion follows, helping you reflect on key concepts and challenges of the current system.
The “hill of value” concept is introduced, explaining how materials can retain or lose value over time. You will learn about the three pillars of circularity: Reduce (minimizing waste and resource use), Optimize (extending product life and improving efficiency), Circularize (recycling, reusing, and regenerating materials)
New circular economy cards are given, and teams discuss and debate their placement. By the end of this workshop, you will have a deeper understanding of how circular strategies can replace the wasteful linear model and contribute to a more sustainable future.
This workshop explores climate justice, focusing on responsibility, inequality, and the social impacts of climate change. Through a role-playing game, you will discover how climate change affects different regions and communities unequally, influencing water access, deforestation, resource availability, world hunger, and carbon emissions.
Climate justice can be a complex and unfamiliar topic, but this workshop presents it in a fact-based way, using figures, maps, and real-world data. While climate change concerns everyone, not all nations or groups contribute to it—or suffer from it—equally. The workshop also looks at both individual and collective solutions, helping participants feel empowered rather than helpless.
How the Workshop Works
You will be divided into groups, and each group will represent a set of countries either contributing to climate change or suffering from its consequences. Within their groups, participants will take on different roles, such as:
Each group must:
After the presentations, participants will hear real-life consequences of climate change and discuss whether they feel affected. This step highlights how climate change impacts everyone differently, but also that some groups bear greater responsibility than others. The second part of the game is an open debate on climate justice, where the following questions will be discussed:
By the end of the workshop, you will have a deeper understanding of climate inequality and the ways in which different stakeholders can work together toward fairer climate policies and effective global solutions.
This workshop explores solidarity, human rights, and migration in the context of climate change. It challenges common misconceptions about migration, particularly the idea—often promoted by some Western politicians—that “we welcome all the misery of the world.” Through data, real-world examples, and interactive exercises, you will gain a clearer understanding of global population distribution, wealth inequalities, migration causes, and asylum patterns.
How the Workshop Works
To start the game, each participant gets a chair, and we pin printed materials on the walls with key information about different world regions. The workshop consists of several steps:
You will move yourselves in different areas of the room based on how you think the world’s population is distributed. After a discussion, the actual distribution is revealed, and there is a reflection on your assumptions.
You will move chairs to represent how you believe global wealth is divided across regions. Again, the real numbers are presented, and a discussion follows on wealth inequalities and economic realities.
There is a brief introduction to migration definitions. You are given red suitcases, representing migrants, and asked to distribute them according to where you think asylum seekers go. The real data is then revealed, sparking a discussion on common misperceptions.
You will now work with black suitcases, representing asylum seekers, distributing them where you believe refugees actually go. This step includes detailed figures, examples, and deeper discussions, allowing you to reflect on why your assumptions may differ from reality.
The final discussion focuses on:
By the end of the workshop, you will have a more fact-based understanding of migration, asylum policies, and the social and economic realities behind these movements. The goal is to develop critical thinking and recognize our role in fostering a more just and informed perspective on migration.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s EACEA.A – Erasmus+, EU Solidarity Corps. Grant agreement No 101111560
