Does your school recognise that climate change is making the future more uncertain and that there is a link between the way we live and this changing climate?

The West Midlands Climate Change Pledge for Schools invites you to make a pledge to reduce the school's contribution to the negative impacts of climate change.  Choose which actions your school and community could undertake.  The actions range from simple steps at level 1 to more complex actions requiring greater commitment and determination at level 3. 

You can make a public declaration of your pledge on this site and you can print out a pledge poster for display in your school.  Once your school has registered, you can find out which other schools have also pledged to take action by using the 'Browse Schools' button.  Contact them to share ideas and learn from each other.

Step 1: Choosing actions

• Look at all the actions in levels 1, 2 and 3 your school can pledge to take
• Involve the whole school in deciding which action or actions the school will pledge to take

Step 2: Making a pledge

• Visit the website and register your school
• For each action your school pledges to carry out, tick Pledge
• Print out a pledge form and display it prominently in school
• Involve the whole school in carrying out the action/s

Step  3: Getting your certificate

• When you have achieved one or more of the actions visit the website and login
• By the action completed, click Achieved
• For levels 1 and 2 print out your certificate and display it prominently
• For level 3, a representative of your local authority or WM Net will contact you to arrange your certificate to be presented to your school.

If you wish, your school can make further pledges - as many as you like!

The climate change pledge has been developed in partnership between WMnet and the Bishops Wood Centre www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk, The Worcestershire Partnership and Worcestershire County Council.