<< Background >>Currently, all climate change forecasts predict an increase in drought and average temperatures across Europe with a consequent expansion of the fire season, promoting changes in vegetation, loss of biodiversity, decreasing the quality of environmental services and contributing to global warming. The climate is changing more in northern Europe than in other parts of the world, so these countries must urgently take measures to mitigate the impacts and adapt. Similarly, regional climate change models also highlight the importance of developing new forest fire prevention strategies in the Mediterranean, which is considered a high-risk area. According to the recent publications of the European Commission regarding wildfires, investing in fire prevention will be prioritised. Education and raising risk awareness amongst future generations has a central role in the sustainability of fire prevention.The main objective of the EduFire Toolkit project is developing a set of multidisciplinary teaching resources following a Project-based Learning methodology, together with activities designed to encourage community participation, aimed at secondary school teachers and students (12-16yr) in relation to real and local challenges related to climate change and wildfire risk reduction.The project takes a transversal approach with concepts around fire, wildfires and climate change and aims to engage with the curricula of the different disciplines (CETIAM). Thus, it will demonstrate how they are related to each other while promoting participation, structuring the materials in different levels of concretion according to the level, rhythm and educational needs, taking into account diversity. The project-based learning methodology will be used, allowing students to acquire knowledge and key skills through developing projects that respond to real-life problems.All the resources and results of the project will be open access, useful as tools to complement the teaching and learning process, and help the educational community to address the problem of climate change, and particularly in relation to highly relevant wildfires.<< Objectives >>The main objective of the EduFireToolkit project is developing a set of multidisciplinary teaching resources following a Project Based Learning methodology, together with activities designed to encourage community participation, aimed at secondary school teachers and students in relation to real and local challenges related to climate change and wildfire risk reduction. Based on an initial analysis of the state of the art and existing good practices in the field, two educational modules will be developed following the AbP methodology for the first and second cycle of compulsory secondary education (12 to 16 years), which will accompany a series of resources and participatory activities integrated into a community-based design, collected in a toolkit (Toolkit) developed through identifying the needs and analysis of good regional practices in southern and northern Europe together, which, as a central axis, address climate change and wildfires. Throughout the project, the needs will be analyzed for each context and policy recommendations will be collected to address the deficits detected in the subject of wildfire in secondary education.Specifically, the EduFire Toolkit project will address the following individual objectives:- Identify, analyze and share existing good practices in Europe and other parts of the world in the field of secondary education on the problem of climate change and the prevention of large forest fires.- Design two educational modules and supporting material as didactic resources and participatory learning activities based on competencies and following a Project-based Learning educational model where students, their teachers, families, the rest of the the community and its key stakeholders, participate in fire prevention programs in their community.- Implement a pilot test in each country involved (Spain, Portugal and Ireland) to test the educational resources and activities developed in adaptation to climate change and prevention of forest fires, where a secondary school or institute and the key actors of the the community, to evaluate, obtain recommendations and local adaptations. These exercises will allow us to see how the same program adapts to different European realities, serving as a precedent for future implementations in North and South Europe.- Develop an open repository of digital educational resources based on up-to-date scientific information on climate change and prevention of large forest fires, available to first and second cycle teachers and their students, using language that is respectful and sensitive to age, gender and identity diversity in general.- Collect a series of political recommendations, identifying the challenges of educational policy in fire prevention in the different regions of Europe.- Carry out an effective dissemination plan throughout the project that ensures the circulation of project results, focusing on increasing awareness of the risk of forest fires among key stakeholders in education and future generations, taking into account gender equality, citizen participation, access and ethics.<< Implementation >>The project has 6 work packages or activities:• Initial analysis (state of the art) of identification and evaluation of the best practices in the different regions represented by the consortium.• Design of teaching resources and participatory activities that can be replicated on a European scale.• Pilot phase, a test will be carried out per participating country to validate the resources and establish improvements.• Develop a repository of open access resources available in 4 languages.• Collection of political recommendations at different scales, regional, state and European.• Dissemination of the project through the website, communication actions, social networks and multiplier events for each of the association's partners.<< Results >>The result of the project consists of 5 resources developed to be sustainable over time:1) Initial analysis (state of the art). Research and national reports on both positive and malpractice in education on forest fires and climate change. The objective is to carry out in-depth research on national or European educational resources and policies on school education in the aforementioned topics. Leader: PCF2) Two modules of didactic material based on Project-Based Learning with didactic material adapted to the first and second cycles of Compulsory Secondary Education (12-16 years) based on the competencies of the STEAM approach. The material is expected to be distributed through educational communities at European level such as eTwinning. Available in 4 languages. Leader: LCC.3) Toolkit (Leader: PCF), consisting of:- Teacher guide available in 4 languages.- Different resources considering different learning styles: content presentations, collaborative map app (interactive and innovative tool to share information and collaborate with students from different countries) and Audiovisual material: educational video to train on forest fires and climate change. Available in 4 languages, and a set of infographics to convey educational concepts about fire risk in an innovative way for youth. Available in 4 languages and in the sign language of each participating country.4) Design of community participation activities. Design of a methodological framework to implement a community participation activity replicable to different European regions. Leader: UOC5) Policy recommendations. A set of educational policy summaries collected during the project to consider education policy as a key dimension to consider if we want to promote a prosperous future in awareness and prevention of wildfire risk in the context of climate change. Leader: ISA.