• An Introduction to the Word “Climate”

Lessons from World Languages and Cultures

• Arabic
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Italian 
• Japanese
• Korean
• Latin
• Portuguese 
• Russian
• Spanish 

Note: Each language page contains the following sections:

• Climate education in the countries of the language
• Climate and culture in the country/countries of the language
• Language practice: vocabulary and translation challenge

Indigenous Studies

• Climate-related Terminology in Indigenous Languages
• Indigenous Languages as a Framework for Responding to Climate Change  
• Effects of Climate Change (and Colonization) on Indigenous Languages
• Indigenous Languages Reflect Different Climatic Frameworks than Dominant Western Languages

Selected Resources

Articles

• Tang, L. “Against Smallness: How Successful Language Programs Reimagine the Humanities.” MLA Profession. 2019. https://profession.mla.org/against-smallness-how-successful-language-programs-reimagine-the-humanities/?utm_source=mlaoutreach&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proffall19. 
• Audley, S., and D’Souza, A. B. “Creating Third Spaces in K-12 Socio-Environmental Education through Indigenous Languages: A Case Study.” Globalizations, vol. 0, no. 0, Feb. 2022, pp. 1–16. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2022.2038833. 

Books

• Flottum, K., editor. The Role of Language in the Climate Change Debate. Routledge, 2019.

Teaching Resources

• Lessico e Nuvole: le parole del cambiamento climatico (Lexicon and Clouds: The Words of Climate Change) (2019) edited by Gianni Latini, Tommaso Orusa and Marco Bagliani

Websites

• Revista ClimaCom Cultura Científica (ClimaCom: Culture and Science Magazine)