News from the Climate University coordination team at University of Helsinki
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Climate University (CU) newsletter in 2025. In this edition, you will find information on past and upcoming events, and updates on projects relevant to the Climate University network.
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The Climate University webinar recording is available on YouTube
The Climate University webinar introducing all Climate University courses was held 3.10.2025. The webinar recording is available on YouTube with timestamps for each course, making it easy to find the presentation of a specific Climate University course.
Check out the recording on YouTube
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Climate University annual meeting Play to Learn in Lappeenranta
The annual meeting of Climate University took place 4-5 of November in Lappeenranta at LUT university. The meeting gathered around 50 people interested in gamification of sustainability education to listen to keynotes and familiarize with the different possibilities of gamification in sustainability education. Participants got to try out different games such as Climate Fresk and Energy challenges.
Read more about the annual meeting on the Climate University blog.
Did you get interested in some of the games and would like to learn more about them?
Check out a summary of the presented games on the Climate University blog.
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PlanetaryHealth.now was launched
The new PlanetaryHealth.now course was launched on 4.11.2025 at the Climate University annual meeting in Lappeenranta. The course is now available as a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and the material is also available on the DigiCampus platform. We congratulate Samuel Sandboge on the launch of his course.
Read more about the Samuel’s thoughts on the MOOC on the Climate University blog.
Check out the PlanetaryHealth.now MOOC.
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CLUVEX of autumn 2025
CLUVEX virtual exchange was organised for the third time in October 2025. A total of 140 students completed the course. The next CLUVEX virtual exchange will be organised 23-27 February 2026. The call for students and moderators is open.
Find the open calls and read more about CLUVEX here.
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COP30 in Belém
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) was held in Belém, Brazil, November 10–21, and CU had representation there on site.
The CU roadmap Education for a 350 ppm world was presented at COP30.
Read more about CU representation at COP30 from the blog.
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Climate University courses of spring 2026
The CU courses of spring term 2026 have been published.