Commissioned in 2018 by the La main à la pâte foundation and the climate science community, the Office for Climate Education (OCE) promotes climate change education and associated teacher support worldwide. The OCE has been a centre under the auspices of UNESCO since 2020.
Under the auspice of

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture.
UNESCO responds to climate change through education within the framework of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development.
In 2019, UNESCO's General Assembly accepted the proposition of the French Government to establish the Office for Climate Education as a category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO.

The Fondation La main à la pâte aims at developing science education at primary and middle school, in France and abroad. The OCE has been created under the aegis of the Fondation La main à la pâte, which shares its expertise about science education and education for sustainable development and its international network of partners, and provides administrative support to OCE.
Founding members

Météo-France is a meteorological and climatical national service in France. It is in charge of the weather prediction, past climate memory and study of the futur climate. Météo-France contributes to the IPCC work and support public policies and adaptation to climate change. Joining the Office for Climate Education as a founding member, Météo-France exerces its missions in teaching as well as spreading of knowledge about climate and climate issues. Météo-France brings its expertise to create pedagogical resources and training teachers in France and abroad along with the OCE.

The French National Research Institute for sustainable Development (IRD), an internationally recognised multi- disciplinary organisation, is a French public research establishment operating under the joint authority of the French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. It takes an original approach to research, expertise, training and knowledge-sharing for the benefit of countries and regions, making science and innovation key drivers in their development. IRD in partnership with education and youth actors, designs and develops mechanisms inviting youth toward informed and engaged citizenship toward the sustainable development goals (SDG), especially SDG 13 for a sustainable climate action.

Météo et Climat is a non-profit association founded in 1852 as Société Météorologique de France. Chaired by the climatologist Jean Jouzel, its aims are to gather atmospheric and climate scientists, to support the interests of those involved in these fields, to play a role of expert, to promote the work of researchers and the innovations of socio-economic leaders and to raise awareness of the public, the media and the academics actors. As a founder member, Météo et Climat fully supports the OCE because education and training on climate change are among its priorities for future generations.

Sorbonne University federates leading higher education and research institutions around a common project combining an original training offer with first-rate research.
Sorbonne University is a founding member of the Office for Climate Education. It hosts the operational team of the OCE on its Jussieu campus, and provides scientific expertise to the work of the OCE.

As one of the world's leading public research institutions, the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has been advancing knowledge in various fields such as life sciences, materials, the universe, as well as social and human sciences for over 80 years. With a focus on excellence and interdisciplinary research, the CNRS serves society. The CNRS is a major global player in climate change research. The number of scientific publications by its researchers evaluated by the IPCC in its 6th report ranks the CNRS as the second-largest producer of knowledge on climate change worldwide. Climate change has been placed at the core of the CNRS's Performance Objectives Contract as one of its six major themes.
As a public research institution, the CNRS is committed to disseminating knowledge to diverse audiences.
With the support of

The Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) is a research federation gathering 10 laboratories specialized on environmental sciences. Together, these laboratories managed to build a integrated model of the Earth system, able to simulate the present climate as well as past and futur climates. Aware of the importance of education, the IPSL supports the OCE in order to offer high quality pedagogical resources, elaborated with the specialists of the active pedagogy, and validated by scientists.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) technical support units (TSUs) of the Working groups I, II and III, helps facilitate the production of IPCC assessment reports on climate change.
The TSUs are keen to promote and support the usage of IPCC reports in education and outreach, including encouraging and assisting IPCC authors to participate in such activities. To the OCE, the TSUs bring a broad knowledge of the concepts, topics and contributing researchers/institutions across the domains of climate change research, accrued through its editorial role in the production of IPCC reports.
Since March 2021, the OCE is an official IPCC observer.

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from the natural and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and to provide society with sound information for decision making.
Within this spirit, PIK supports OCE through scientific advice and co-development of relevant narratives.

The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) supports innovative environmental solutions in developing countries. It was established in 1994 by the French government after the first Earth Summit and to date has funded 333 projects in more than 120 countries, two-thirds of them in Africa. The FFEM works in partnership with the public and private sectors and civil society in both the North and the South. It also works closely with other donors and international organisations. The projects it finances generate environmental, social and economic benefits for local populations. They help preserve biodiversity, climate, international waters, land and the ozone layer while combating pollution. The FFEM has an unusual approach that involves supporting pilot projects to learn lessons from them and disseminate their innovations on a larger scale.
The FFEEM supports the OCE to set up a pilot project for climate change education in Latin America (CLEAR project) for the period 2020-2024.

The French Government supports the national and international activities of the Office for Climate Education, as a category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO, located in France.
This Ministry, in charge of environmental issues, is very supportive of the OCE activities, especially through the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM).

The French Government supports the national and international activities of the Office for Climate Education, as a category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO, located in France.
The OCE has a strong cooperation with the French Ministry of education, especially when dealing with the introduction of climate change into the new primary and secondary school curricula, and the teachers’ support.

ADEME is a public institution under the supervision of the French Ministry of environment.
ADEME supports the Office for Climate Education by providing technical and financial assistance for the development of educational resources.

In a technology-driven world, understanding scientific and technological interrelationships is paramount for individual development and participation in society. For this reason, Siemens Stiftung is invested in strengthening and supporting science and technology education through active committee engagement and operative educational work. Our international educational program Experimento provides educators with practical training courses as well as high-quality teaching and learning materials. These materials are readily available in digital form to provide equal support for all pupils. Our engagement bundles discovery-based learning with value-building actions, helping to shape a socially-oriented, strong person.

The Luciole Foundation has been contributing to the educational and environmental fields in both France and abroad, for over a decade now. Its objective is to help the needy, both children and adults, by allowing them to acquire the knowledge (mainly in agriculture) that will lead to self-sufficiency, in having access to basic education, and in raising their awareness of the fundamentals of health and hygiene. The foundation is also aware of the undeniable necessity to protect the environment and the need to respect all living things. It was thus naturally that it accepted to partake in the Office for Climate Education project, by bringing the financial support it needs. Today, the Luciole Foundation is proud to be a partner of this ambitious program, indispensable to bringing about change in the world.

In June 2006, SAS the Prince Albert II of Monaco decided of creating His own foundation in order to help in preserving our planet’s environment. Three main actions are defined as: protection of biodiversity, mitigation of climate change effects and promotion of renewable energies, management of water resources and combat of desertification. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation supports environmental projects at the international level in targeted regions: polar regions, Mediterranean basin and Least Developed Countries (as defined by the United Nations official list). The Foundation plays a major role in the improvement of scientific knowledge as well as deciders awareness. The Foundation supports the OCE in his target actions.

The Programme d'investissements d'avenir (PIA), steered by the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI), was set up by the French government to finance innovative and promising investments in the country, in order to enable France to increase its growth and employment potential.
It supports structural reforms and responds to four major challenges facing France: carbon neutrality, access to employment, competitiveness through innovation and the digital society.