USC Climate Action Pedagogy Symposium

The USC Climate Action Pedagogy Symposium centers on the social dimensions of climate change, encouraging students to translate research into action-oriented community projects. Participants design and lead local workshops, engage with governance structures on climate education, teach high school students, and produce creative works—from climate songs and climate communications campaigns to comics and children’s books. These projects reflect a commitment to climate justice as lived practice, embedding education, creativity, and public health leadership within local contexts.

In fostering an inclusive learning ecosystem, the Symposium amplifies voices of early-career and historically underrepresented scholars, especially gendered and racialized minorities. By producing tangible, community-relevant outputs, students strengthen their portfolios with materials that demonstrate leadership, creativity, and applied public health capacity. The Symposium ensures that climate pedagogy is not confined to theory but emerges as practical, visible, and transformative work. Recent example listed below.

For any questions, please reach out to Prof. Irfan at Ans.Irfan@usc.edu.