The latest IPCC report has highlighted that the climate crisis is already here. The EU has developed a framework of policies and initiatives to address the climate crisis: climate emergency concerns us all, but as stated in the EU Climate Pact, everyone can contribute to finding solutions.

“Don’t Call It Change” fits within this framework, responding to the priority of engaging citizens in discussions on climate- and environment-related issues. The project takes its name from the idea that the climate and life on the planet have always been changing; however, human activities have accelerated this constant process, turning a physiological change into a crisis that causes imbalances and discrimination. Within the broad topic of the climate crisis, the partnership focuses on its intersectional consequences across specific dimensions: human rights, migration, gender equality, and ocean and marine life.

The consortium benefits from complementary expertise in both climate action and education, as well as experience in non-formal and game-based activities.

The actions primarily target young people aged 16 to 30, enabling them to engage with their peers from five participating European countries—Italy, Poland, Romania, Greece, and Latvia—through a cycle of local workshops and debates held in each country, alongside two transnational online workshops. Case studies and scenarios developed by the partners will be collected in an open-source toolkit. Video interviews from the five countries will gather stories, good practices, and experiences from activists, NGOs, policymakers, and experts, creating a shared digital library to be expanded in the coming years thanks to the established network.

The project therefore aims to engage young people in the debate on the climate crisis through non-formal and participatory methods, promoting exchange and discussion at the European level on the intersectional consequences of the climate emergency and encouraging the adoption of participatory and non-formal approaches to discuss and educate about the impacts of the climate crisis.

Here you can read the outcomes of the project events in the form of Event Description Sheets (EDS):

1. DOCC-EDS-WP1 – International Seminar and Training of Trainers

2. DOCC-EDS-WP2 – Implementation in Italy

3. DOCC-EDS-WP3 – Implementation in Romania

4. DOCC-EDS-WP4 – Implementation in Greece

5. DOCC-EDS-WP5 – Implementation in Poland

6. DOCC-EDS-WP6 – Implementation in Latvia

7. DOCC-EDS-WP7 – Final International Conference

8. DOCC_EDS_WP8 – Dissemination