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Teaching Climate with GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Karl DONERT
Karl DONERT • 22 June 2025
GIST project

GIS (Geographic Information System) is a digital technology widely used in most industries and organisations to capture, analyse, and visualize spatial data for mapping and decision-making. This makes it a highly relevant tool to use when teaching about climate. The GIS-T Project employs GIS to bring climate education alive. GIS-T logo

GIS-T.eu is an educational platform (in multiple languages) to support teachers and students in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within themes such as sustainability, green issues and, above all, climate change (https://gis-t.eu/).

The free MOOC "GIS for the Future" forms the heart of the site (https://gis-t.eu/gis-for-the-future/). This open access course contains database of detailed lessons that thematically address climate consequences, from heat stress and flood risks to sustainable energy and urban greening. Each lesson is supported by instructional videos and concrete GIS assignments that support teachers to teach their students how to analyse and visually represent data.

GIS-T curriculum hubExplore the drop down menu of the GIS-T Curriculum Hub for access to the most significant tools and resources in visualising climate change, use the GIS technology and explore the impacts of climate. 

With GIS-T.eu, you can bring climate education to life in the classroom: interactive, investigative and future-oriented. 

Discover how you can use GIS to teach students to look critically at their environment and explore solutions for tomorrow's world.

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