CONTEXT & OBJECTIVESClimART 2.0 builds on the success resulted from a previous project ClimART, financed by the Erasmus+ KA02 and aimed at developing, transferring and implementing innovative methodologies for learning climate change through art and theatre Due to the fact that:- climate change is still one of the biggest challenges of our time and it still has many weaknesses and faces several barriers- art, and especially visual art, can be the key to overcome these barriers and enable effective communication- many other schools expressed interest in participating in the ClimART project ClimART 2.0 aims to strengthen the intellectual outputs of the previous ClimART project and transfer scientific knowledge to teachers and students through a different artistic technique: comics and graphic novels. To achieve this general goal, the following specific goals have been defined:- To promote the professional development of High School teachers strengthening their competences to introduce in High School curricula the climate change issue.- To reinforce the awareness of High School students through high-quality international experience based on the development of comics and graphic novels about climate change.- To strengthen the acquisition of key competences (science, art, English language) in High School studies, including disadvantaged learners.PARTICIPANTSClimART 2.0 partnership includes four High Schools (I.I.S. Aldini Valeriani, IES Botànic Cavanilles, Agios Vasileios Gymnasium-Strovolos, SJ Greek French High School) and three non-high schools (CRESOL, Area Europa and Spostamenti). CRESOL and Area Europa, which makes available Eva Merloni, the project manager of ClimART, were involved in the previous project and they will capitalize, replicate and reinforce the experience gained before.The countries represented by the partners are Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Greece. The direct target groups of ClimART 2.0 are 100 students and 8 teachers from 4 Schools located in sensitive areas to climate change impacts. Indirectly, ClimART 2.0 will benefit other groups, mainly teachers from other high schools (100) and professionals working in the field of climate change and art (100).ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGYClimART 2.0 implementation follows this structure: Beginning – Signature of bilateral agreements, preparation of activitiesHigh school staff training – Preparation of a technical podcasts for teachers about the Climate Change Learning material and Guide elaborated in the previous project, ClimARTHigh school student training – use of non-formal education about the Climate Change through the use of digital, shared and interactive toolsClosure – Final evaluation road map for future joint venturesProject Management (transversal) – Bi-monthly reports, virtual and transnational meetingsDissemination (transversal) – ClimART2.0 website, social networks, meetings, mainly addressed high-school students and teachers and professionals.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTSClimART 2.0 uses the following IOs developed by ClimART:IO1: Climate Change Learning materialIO3: Methodological guidelines for activation of thematic laboratoriesIO4: Toolkit for transferring technical knowledge to the high school studentsThe IOs produced by ClimART 2.0 are: IO1: Podcasts for high school teachers: Climate Change Learning material and GuideIO2: Storytelling techniques: methodologies and GuideIO3: Cartoon-based methodological guidelines for activation of thematic laboratories: a meta-comicIO4: Interactive platform for sharing and transferring technical knowledge to the high school students and among the teachersIO5: Thematic laboratories for comicsRESULTS AND IMPACTSIt is expected that ClimART2.0 implementation contributes at: Updating the high school teachers’ competences regarding climate change, art and EnglishFacilitating new opportunities for high school students to express their creativity and acquire new competences through high-quality, innovative learning and international experienceStrengthening key competences (science, art and English) in high school studentsPromoting the alignment of the high school educational offer with the relevant and current issue such as climate change