October 29-31th 2026 in Agios Nikolaos, Crete,Greece
TCCF 2026 brings together educators and researchers dedicated to climate science and sustainability in education. The four-day conference will feature workshops, interactive sessions, keynotes, and research presentations focused on developing key competencies for effective climate change teaching in schools and communities. A new thematic focus highlights the role of seas in shaping civilizations and the impacts of climate change on marine and coastal environments. From the Arctic to the Mediterranean, climate driven changes threaten cultural heritage, historical legacies, and coastal communities, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches that connect climate science, oceanic research, history culture, and education.
TCCF has been held at the Hyytiälä Forest Station in Finland in 2017, 2019, 2024, and 2025. In addition to on-site participation, the conference is organized in a hybrid format, enabling distance participation. During the years 2020–2022, the forum was held fully online.
The 2025 Teachers’ Climate Change Forum was organized in collaboration with the CLIMAte change teachers’ acaDEMY (CLIMADEMY) and is hosted by the CLIMADEMY consortium in partnership with the LUMA Centre Finland.
The forum features workshops, interactive sessions, keynote lectures, and research presentations, with a strong emphasis on the co-development of key competencies required to effectively teach climate change. The programme integrates current climate science with educational research and pedagogical practice, supporting educators in translating scientific knowledge into meaningful learning experiences.
Before the Teachers' Climate Change -Forum we recommend you to orientate towards climate change education with Climate.now -MOOC. It is a course on the basics of climate system, its change and effects of the change, how to mitigate and adapt to changing climate. In addition to providing the basic knowledge, another equally important goal is to reinforce the student’s understanding of climate change as a deep human and societal challenge and to give everyone the means to participate in resolving it.