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When we published our first environment and climate change dictionary in 2023 at IED (https://ecommons.aku.edu/books/117/), I was surprised by the response we received. Many people reached out to us to tell us how they hear these terms in their workplaces and how our dictionary helps them understand the words better. I wanted to make sure that we continue to add words to the dictionary in order to increase the understanding of others but also our own understanding of many terms we hear on a day-to-day basis. This year with the participants of “Introduction to Climate Change” course at FAS we continued with our dictionary and have added 105 more words to the list of already existing 130 words. We hope that we will continue to co-create such resources for broader community education in the future as well. This year I asked each participant to add 3–5 words which were not to be a repetition of the words already given in our first edition. I reviewed the words twice and students changed the definitions accordingly. After the final review they had to add these words to our Canva page. Later in summer 2025, two FAS interns Aiman Gohar and Alefiya Najam with the help of Yamna Sarwar and M. Wasiq Imran (Teach for Pakistan) interns finalized the Canva version and edited the words further. I reviewed the words one last time before finalizing the book. The participants of Introduction to Climate Change who have contributed to this book include (as they appear in the document) Kamran Abid Khan, Ruyab Jahan, Syed Ali Arsalan, Maheen Azar, Syeda Shamael Riaz, Urooj Nisar, Sheeza Fakhruddin, Sadia Khuwaja, Natasha Ali, Abdus Salam, Shahrayar Morani, Faisal Nabi, Hania Shoaib, Faiza Zafar, Anisa Khan, Syed Samsam Ali, Arjumand Mir, Sana Hameed, Imran Uddin, Moeen Akhtar, Nadia Afsheen, Tahira Nargis, Nizar Alam, Alisha Rashid Majeed, Muhib Afzal, and Najeeb ur Rehman. Please note that some student input is missing as they did not complete the final step of the publication. I hope this work encourages students to contribute more in the future and helps expand our collective knowledge. We warmly invite everyone to use this dictionary with open hearts. Thank you for supporting our mission to advance climate change education.

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Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (AKU-FAS), Karachi, 2025

Series

Introduction to Climate Change Course Participants AKU FAS 2025.

Keywords

Climate Change, Climate Literacy, Environment Sustainability, Education, Community Education, Dictionary, AKU-FAS.

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