Fellow Wikimedians,
Wiki Education (the organization that runs the education program in the US and Canada) has been working on a campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of climate finance topics. As part of this campaign, we want to create articles on climate finance around the world. Climate finance encompasses investments to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. These investments are desperately needed globally, but financial flows to the developing world, and African countries in particular, have fallen short of what is needed. But documentation is difficult to find for the average reader, and difficult to interpret.
That's where you come in! If you're already convinced to help us, sign up here: https://wikiedu.org/courses/global-approaches-to-climate-finance-for-wikiped...
Please join us for a free virtual four-week Wiki Scholars course focused on improving the article on climate finance in your home country. Our goal is to fill gaps in Wikipedia's coverage by creating "Climate finance by [country]" to document financial flows related to climate change mitigation and adaptation for as many countries as possible, especially in the developing world. Led by longtime English Wikipedian Ian Ramjohn, the course will focus on:
- Just what is climate finance, and why it is an important piece in the climate crisis puzzle - Where to find sources on climate finance in your country - How to create an article on English Wikipedia, including tips and tricks on English Wikipedia policies - Using the content translation tool to create it in another language Wikipedia that you speak
The course will meet via Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 14:00 UTC, from June 24 to July 19, 2024.
If you join us, you'll receive:
- Guidance from an English Wikipedia expert (Ian's an admin who's been editing for 20 years!) - Getting to know a cohort of other Wikimedians around the world who care about how the climate crisis affects their country - A certificate of completion that can be added to your LinkedIn profile
Sign up here: https://wikiedu.org/courses/global-approaches-to-climate-finance-for-wikiped...
Want to see what an article might look like? Ian's started drafting the article on climate finance in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guettarda/Sandbox_55
We hope you can join us!
-The Wiki Education team