Don't call it change

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The last report of IPCC highlighted that the climate crisis is here. The EU has created a framework of policies and initiatives to tackle climate crisis: climate emergency affects all of us, but, as the EU Climate Pact states, everyone can contribute to find solutions. “Don’t call it change” fits in this framework, responding to the priority of engaging citizens in the discussion related to climate and green issues. It takes its name from the fact that the climate and life on the planet are constantly changing, but human activities have accelerated this constant modification turning a physiological change into a crisis causing imbalance and discriminations. In the wide topic of climate crisis, the partnership focuses on its intersectional consequences on specific dimensions: human rights, migrations, gender equality and ocean and marine life. The consortium benefits from complementary competencies, both in climate action and education and in expertise with non-formal and gamified-based activities. The actions are focused mainly on young people 16-30 years old, allowing them to confront their peers from 5 participating European Countries (IT, PL, RO, LV, GR) during a cycle of local workshops and debates led in each country, with two transnational online workshops. Case studies and scenarios prepared by the partners will be collected in an open-source toolkit. Video interviews from the 5 countries will collect stories, good practices and experience of activists, NGOs, policymakers and experts, creating a shared digital library, to be enriched in the following years thanks to the network established. The project aims therefore at engaging youngsters in the debate about climate crisis through non-formal and participatory methods, promoting exchanging and debate at the EU level on the intersectional consequences of the climate emergency, and at stimulating the adoption of participatory and non-formal methods to discuss and educate on the impact of the climate crisis.