Education and climate change: Proposal of courses for high school teachers in the state of Chiapas

Abstract

The issue of climate change has become a topic of relevance in Mexico and the world, due to its environmental, social, economic, political, cultural, impact. However, said the impact will not be equal in any region or locality of the planet and, therefore, will not be the same for any person, a situation that will depend on social aspects such as poverty, little social organization, cultural aspects, institutions, etc. Due to the complexity of the problem, it cannot be attacked from a single discipline, which is why it has ceased to be a topic only in the scientific community and social sciences have had bigger participation in the proposal and implementation of mitigation and adaptability measures. Of course, education plays an important role, it can contribute to social transformation, necessary to avoid practices that speed up and cause environmental deterioration and situations such as those represented by climate change. It can also contribute to the increase of adaptive capacity in people, if there is greater knowledge of the problem there are more opportunities to act. Therefore, presented in the document is the proposal of a diploma made by teachers and for teachers in the state of Chiapas, within the framework of the Educate with Environmental Responsibility (EER) Program, which will be described in greater depth in the document.