Congratulations to everyone joining the 2023/2024 Edition of Climate Detectives!
You made all a difference and helped to raise awareness to protect and learn about environment and climate. Thank you so much for your participation, your great ideas, your investigations, and the conclusions you shared with us. All projects will be published soon in the Project Gallery. Teams had the chance to get selected for the final Learning and Celebration Event 2024 taking place in ESA's Center ESRIN, Italy. We are excited to announce the teams, selected by the national organiser participating in the event. Learn more about the winners by clicking on the button below.
Up to 19 years old
From individuals to the whole class
Sign up with a team leader
Participate in this year's Climate Detectives webinar with an ESA expert
Are you a student?
Take on the role of a climate detective and complete activities related to Earth sciences or investigate a real climate-related issue in your local environment. Find classmates or friends to join your team and a team leader (teacher, educator or parent) who can supervise and submit your team’s activities or project. Select the topic and format that best fits your team and get creative! Your project can focus on:
- Monitoring air quality around your school or neighbourhood
- Measuring how temperatures change in different areas (urban vs. rural, shaded vs. sunny)
- Studying local biodiversity and how it is affected by climate change
- Investigating extreme weather events in your region and their impact
- Exploring how water use or pollution affects your local rivers, lakes or coastline
- Designing awareness campaigns or solutions to reduce your community’s carbon footprint
- and much more
Are you a teacher, educator or parent?
Take students on a scientific adventure and join the Climate Detectives project at two levels of complexity.
- With Climate Detectives Kids, students explore Earth Science through fun hands-on activities, and earn badges to become a certified detective of climate and the Earth! Complete activities suggested by ESA, national ESEROs or by your team.
- With Climate Detectives, teams investigate a local climate-related issue by carrying out a full scientific research project, choosing their own topic and tools to collect and analyse Earth Observation data. If you are a teacher who would like to integrate Climate Detectives into a curriculum subject, sign up and get inspired in the Project Gallery.
Climate Detectives is run by ESA and the national ESEROs. All teams that submit a project or two activities receive a certificate, and teams completing a full investigation project may be selected for the Climate Detectives Summit.
Join Climate Detectives
Join Climate Detectives
Did you know you can make a difference in understanding and protecting planet Earth? Join Climate Detectives, a project run by ESA and ESERO! Your investigation can focus on climate change but also on everything about our planet Earth and its care: the environment, sustainable ways of living, biodiversity, air quality, forests, oceans and much more. Be curious and become a Climate Detective! Together, student detectives are working to protect our planet!
Teams can choose between two levels of engagement.
By participating in the new beginner’s category, Climate Detectives Kids, teams can complete fun hands-on activities, and earn badges to become a certified detective of climate and the Earth!
For a bigger challenge, teams can complete a full investigation of their choice: identify the problem they want to analyse, collect data, and share their results with the Climate Detectives community. Selected teams will be invited for the Climate Detectives Summit at the end of this school year!
Climate Detectives Kids
Complete Earth related activities, collect evidence and earn Detectives badges!
- Beginners
- Suggested up to 12 years old
- Complete activities and earn badges
- Receive your certificate
- Submitted activities will be published in a gallery
- Language of choice
- open from 17 September 2025 - 31 July 2026
Climate Detectives
Work as a scientist! Plan your investigation, collect your data, and present your findings.
- Intermediate
- Up to 19 years old
- Receive a certificate
- Language of choice
- Join the Climate Detectives Webinar 2025
- Get selected by your ESERO for the Climate Detectives Summit
- open from 17 September 2025 - 6 April 2026 (check your national timeline)
ESA Education presents this year’s Climate Detectives Event, where students up to 19 years old explore how satellites track changes in Earth’s climate and environment from space. 🌍🛰️
📅 Date: 12-13th of May
📍 Location: ESRIN, Earth Observation Centre of ESA, Frascati, Italy.
Participate in the Climate Detectives Project 2024/2025 and have the chance to be selected for the Learning and Celebration Event 2025. Connect with fellow students from across Europe who are making a difference in their local community as part of the Climate Detectives Project.
The event is fully covered by ESA. Please note that participants of Climate Detectives Kids are not eligible to participate to the event. Learn more about the event by clicking on the button below:
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