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Carbon
Heroes

Climate change
& your health

Parent + Child Induction Session — a live online workshop where families discover how a changing climate meets everyday health.

  • Online · Live · Interactive
  • 60–75 minutes
  • Dubai · UAE
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The air we breatheThe heat we feelThe world we inheritWhat can we do?
Upcoming session

Climate Change & Your Health

Parent + Child Induction Session

DateTBC — add workshop date
TimeTBC — add start time · GST (UTC+4)
Duration60–75 minutes
FormatOnline · Live Interactive
AgesAges 6–18 + parents
SeatsTBC — add seat count
PriceTBC — add price or 'Free'
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Join the next workshop

The next induction
is open now.

The next induction workshop is open for families in the UAE.

A live, interactive online session where parents and children explore climate change through the lens of health — together. Expect conversation, simple science, UAE-relevant examples and a family action challenge you can start the same day.

Why now?

  • Climate change is already shaping daily life in the UAE.
  • Children want to understand what they hear in the news.
  • Families want practical, age-appropriate ways to respond.

What to expect

  • Live welcome and framing (5 minutes)
  • What is climate change? (10 minutes)
  • How climate affects health: heat, air, UV, water, mind (15 minutes)
  • Protect-your-family actions (15 minutes)
  • Personal commitment + family Q&A (20 minutes)
A shared parent + child understanding of climate and healthEvidence-based actions tailored to UAE lifeYour child's first Carbon Heroes commitmentThe full programme roadmap

What is Carbon Heroes?

This isn't just
a climate class.

Carbon Heroes is a structured climate learning journey that helps children and families understand climate change through something deeply personal: our health.

Climate change is no longer a distant future concern. It affects the air we breathe, the temperatures we experience, the safety of outdoor play, the quality of our environment and the world today's children will inherit. For families in Dubai and the UAE, these changes are already part of everyday life.

  • Heat.
  • Dust.
  • Air quality.
  • Humidity.
  • UV exposure.
  • Water.

Carbon Heroes turns those challenges into curiosity, understanding and action.

Look closer

Why this programme exists

The future isn't
something we wait for.
It's something we shape.

Children are growing up in a world where climate change is becoming impossible to ignore. Carbon Heroes exists to help them understand that world without fear.

The programme is built around three ideas.

  • Curiosity over fear

    Questions open the world. We start with wonder, not warnings.

  • Understanding over alarm

    Real science, explained clearly, at a pace a family can follow.

  • Action over anxiety

    Every session ends with something a child can actually do.

Why climate + health?

Climate change
is also a health story.

  • 01Panel

    Heat

    How rising temperatures affect the body — and what the body tells us.

  • 02Panel

    Air

    How air pollution and dust affect breathing and respiratory health.

  • 03Panel

    UV

    Understanding sunlight, UV exposure and everyday skin safety.

  • 04Panel

    Water

    Hydration and resilience in a hot, humid environment.

  • 05Panel

    Health

    How a changing environment can influence health risks over time.

  • 06Panel

    Mind

    Understanding climate anxiety and emotional wellbeing.

Local context

Why does this
matter in
the UAE?

For families in the UAE, climate change isn't abstract.

It's the heat that changes when children play outside. It's the dust and air quality that families notice. It's the importance of hydration and UV protection. It's the changing relationship between our cities, our environment and our health.

This programme brings global climate science into a local context.

Heat · Dust · HumidityDubai · UAE

What your child will learn

By the end of the session,
your child will be able to…

  • 01

    Understand how climate change affects human health.

  • 02

    Recognise health risks related to heat, air pollution and UV exposure.

  • 03

    Understand the idea of climate anxiety.

  • 04

    Identify practical ways families can reduce climate-related health risks.

  • 05

    Connect climate learning to their school curriculum.

  • 06

    Understand the Carbon Heroes journey ahead.

The live induction session

60–75 minutes.
One family.
A lot to discover.

  1. Minutes00–05

    Welcome & Framing

    • Curiosity over fear.
    • Understanding over alarm.
    • Action over anxiety.
  2. Minutes05–15

    What is Climate Change?

    • A visual, age-inclusive introduction using UAE-specific examples.
  3. Minutes15–30

    How Climate Affects Your Health

    • Heat.
    • Air.
    • UV.
    • Health.
    • Climate anxiety.
  4. Minutes30–45

    Protect Your Family

    • Simple evidence-based actions families can use immediately.
  5. Minutes45–55

    From Awareness to Agency

    • Children turn learning into personal commitments.
  6. Minutes55–75

    The Programme Ahead

    • Programme overview + family Q&A + shared commitment.

The Carbon Heroes roadmap

From curious
to carbon hero.

The induction is only the beginning.

Stage titles, descriptions, dates and activities are all editable in the programme configuration file.

Curriculum connection

Climate learning
that goes beyond
the classroom.

  • CBSE + NEP 2020

    • Environmental literacy.
    • Experiential learning.
    • Critical thinking.
    • Interdisciplinary learning.
    • Real-world problem solving.

  • IB PYP

    • Inquiry.
    • Action.
    • Caring.
    • Knowledge.
    • PYP Exhibition.

  • IB MYP

    • Global Context.
    • Sustainability.
    • Personal Project.
    • Scientific & Technical Innovation.

  • IB DP

    • CAS.
    • Reflection.
    • Service.
    • Potential ESS / Biology / Global Politics connections.

  • British Curriculum

    • Global Citizenship.
    • SMSC.
    • Critical thinking.
    • Awareness of global issues.

Carbon Heroes supports, connects with and reinforces these frameworks and can contribute to their learning goals. It is not accredited, endorsed or mandated by any curriculum body.

Parent + child experience

Learn together.
Act together.

For children

  • Curiosity
  • Experiments
  • Visual learning
  • Challenges
  • Projects
  • Action

For parents

  • Understand the science
  • Understand the health connection
  • Build better family habits
  • Support meaningful conversations
  • Help children turn learning into action

The family challenge

One small change.
Start here.

During the induction, every child chooses one climate-health commitment. Pick the one that fits your family today.

Choose your commitment

What families get

Everything
you leave
with.

  • Live interactive workshop
  • Child-friendly climate learning
  • Parent guidance
  • UAE-specific context
  • Family action challenge
  • Eco-habit tracker introduction
  • Programme roadmap
  • Opportunity to continue into the Carbon Heroes journey

Who is this for?

One journey.
Every age.

  1. 01

    Ages 6–8

    Curious Explorers

  2. 02

    Ages 9–12

    Climate Investigators

  3. 03

    Ages 13–18

    Future Changemakers

  4. 04

    Parents

    Climate Partners

Registration

Ready to become
a carbon hero?

Join the live Climate Change & Your Health induction and discover how climate science connects to the health, choices and future of your family.

Join the inductionView programme

Climate change is big.
Your action can start small.

Session details
Date
TBC — add workshop date
Time
TBC — add start time · GST (UTC+4)
Duration
60–75 minutes
Ages
Ages 6–18 + parents
Seats
TBC — add seat count
Price
TBC — add price or 'Free'
Location
Dubai · UAE
Contact
hello@example.com · +971 0 000 0000

Placeholder values — edit in the programme configuration.

FAQ

Questions
families
ask.

  • Yes. The induction runs as a live, interactive online session, so families can join from anywhere in the UAE.

  • Children together with a parent or guardian. It is designed as a shared parent + child experience.

  • Children aged roughly 6 to 18. Content is age-inclusive, with layered explanations so younger and older children both stay engaged.

  • Yes — parent participation is part of the design. Much of the value comes from the conversations families have afterwards.

  • It is. Siblings of different ages can attend the same session; activities scale in depth rather than changing topic.

  • Carbon Heroes supports and reinforces CBSE and NEP 2020 goals around environmental literacy, experiential learning and real-world problem solving. It is not accredited, endorsed or mandated by CBSE.

  • The programme connects with IB PYP, MYP and DP approaches — inquiry, action, global context, service and reflection. It is not an official IB programme and is not endorsed by the IB.

  • How climate change affects human health — heat, air quality, UV, hydration and emotional wellbeing — plus practical actions a family can take immediately.

  • The induction is Stage 01. Families can continue through Understand, Investigate, Act, Create and Share — ending in a showcase of the child's own climate project.

  • Yes. Children leave with their chosen climate-health commitment, an introduction to the eco-habit tracker and the full programme roadmap.

  • Between 60 and 75 minutes, including the family Q&A at the end.