Consultancy for Drafting a Climate & Environment Education Curriculum

Jul 21, 2026 (Deadline: 2026-08-14) | Terre des hommes
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Terre des hommes (Tdh) teams increasingly face the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and environmental degradation in their humanitarian and development work on the protection of children and their rights. Empowering staff, partners, children, and youth with understanding of climate change and tools to act is essential to protecting and strengthening child well-being. Integrating climate resilience and environmental sustainability into Tdh’s programs has therefore become a strategic priority.

Building on global advocacy and evidence, including the 2022 report of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence Against Children (SRSG-VAC) on the adverse impacts of climate change on children, Tdh developed and launched an interagencyendorsed resource pack: Engaging with Children about the ClimateCrisis and Violence Against Children: A Rights and Resilience-Based Approach. Co-developed with children and youth, this resource supports practitioners in engaging young people on climate issues in ways that strengthen psychosocial resilience, promote child- and youth-led action, and help prevent harm, including eco-anxiety.

As a next step, Tdh has been working to further operationalize these approaches into structured educational content. In collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Tdh recently conducted an Applied Research Project (ARP). This work combined a comprehensive literature review, insights from Tdh’s field experience, particularly in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and the perspectives and recommendations of children and youth engaged through participatory processes. It also included a broader analysis of existing climate education approaches.

The report highlights the following:

  • Climate change acts as a “threat multiplier” exacerbating risks to children’s rights, protection and wellbeing.
  • Children should be treated as active agents and rights-holders, not passive recipients.
    • Effective climate education requires participatory, action-oriented and experiential pedagogies, rather than traditional knowledge transfer.
    • Psychosocial resilience and eco-anxiety must be integrated as cross-cutting components throughout the curriculum.
    • Curricula should be modular and adaptable, with structured guidance for contextualization embedded from the design phase.

While the ARP provides strong conceptual and methodological foundations, including initial guidance for both youth and adult practitioners/trainers, it does not include the full drafting of curriculum content.

Tdh now seeks a consultant to develop a foundational, modular climate and environment curriculum that can be adapted and contextualized across different settings, building on the evidence and recommendations generated through this research.

Objective of the consultancy

To develop a complete, well-structured, and user-friendly draft curriculum package that operationalizes the recommendations of the ARP and is ready for initial review and field adaptation.

Duration

  • Estimated Duration: Approx. 20 working days

Qualifications

Required:

  • Advanced expertise in climate and environment education, curriculum development and child-centered or rights-based programming.
    • Proven experience in developing training or educational materials.
    • Participatory and experiential learning approaches.
    • Solid competencies in child protection (CP), including safeguarding principles and child-sensitive approaches to programme design and facilitation

Desirable:

  • Experience with humanitarian and development settings, child protection or MHPSS, and NGOs or international organizations
    • Experience in child protection and/or mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS
    • Experience in Southeast Asia, particularly in climate and environmental education, and work with youth in vulnerable contexts.
How to apply

Application process

Interested candidates are invited to submit the following:

  • CV
    • Short technical proposal (maximum 2 pages)
    • Example(s) of similar work
    • Financial proposal

Application should be submitted by email to: maria.bray@tdh.org , louis.mauler@tdh.org and che.tenders@tdh.org

with “Candidature Climate Education Curriculum” specified in the subject line.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early submission is encouraged. The final deadline for submission is 14 August 2026.

The consultancy is expected to start in early September 2026.