Climate Literacy in the News

• One state mandates teaching climate change in almost all subjects – even PE, The Hechiner Report, November 5,2022

• Teachers Find Creative Ways to Teach Climate Change Due to Lack of Topic in Curriculum, One Green Planet, November 7,2022

• Ahead of COP 27, global leaders are still not making the grade on climate change education, Education International, November 7,2022

• POWER Climate Change Education Gains Momentum In Public Schools , Clean Technica, November 7,2022

• Climate Change Education: Inspiring Children to Take Action in Egypt , Egypt Today, November 10,2022

• Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27: Cambodian Child Climate Activists Battling Pollution From Their Floating Schools , Egypt Today, November 10,2022

• The Teachers Trying to Fill the Gap in Climate Education: The Week in Reporter Reads , The New York Times, November 11,2022

• For this Brooklyn teacher, climate education can inspire students to help their communities, Chalkbeat New York, November 11,2022

• 'It could just sweep us away': This school is on the front lines of climate change, WFAE 90.7, November 13,2022

• Little Rock mayoral candidates talk climate change, Arkansas Times, October 19,2022

• America’s Schools Warm to Climate Change, Without Question, The Daily Signal, October 20,2022

• ‘Climate change anxiety’: A decade later, Hurricane Sandy’s lasting impact on Staten Island students, Advance Local , October 24,2022

• 5 things colleges can do to help save the planet from climate change, Higher Ed Dive , October 24,2022

• 559 million children currently exposed to high heatwave frequency, rising to all 2.02 billion children globally by 2050, UNICEF, October 25,2022

• Secondary schools to teach climate change courses from next year, The Brussels Times, October 26,2022

• Educators and Scholars Stress Collaboration, Urgency in Confronting Climate Change at HGSE Conference, The Harvard Crimson, October 28, 2022

• CU Boulder faculty, student, staff to attend world’s largest climate conference, CU Boulder Today, October 31,2022

• When Teens Find Misinformation, These Teachers Are Ready, The New York Times, Septemeber 1,2022

• Hotter temperatures a threat to students in schools with no air conditioning, USA TODAY, Septemeber 16,2022

• Despite around half of school leavers (54%) saying they have had education on climate change in the past year, confusion and misunderstanding prevail, IPSOS, Septemeber 21,2022

• Half of school leavers ‘have had no climate crisis education in past year’, INDEPENDENT, Septemeber 21,2022

• At youth summit, activists give crash course in fighting climate change, Harvard T.H. Chan, August 5,2022

• Historic climate bill to supercharge clean energy industry, POLITICO, August 7,2022

• Warming Trends: Sports and Climate Change in Texas, a Community Housing Project Named after Rachel Carson and an E-Bike Conversion Kit for Your Bicycle, Inside Climate News, August 13,2022

• Opinion: The humbling message from a high schooler on climate change, Deseret News, August 14,2022

• Biden Signs Climate Change Spending Package, But K-12 Schools Are Mostly Left Out, Education Week, August 16,2022

• Dozens of schools without AC dismissing students early this week due to extreme heat, NBC NEWS, August 30,2022

• Bangladesh: Cash grants and training empower women in the face of climate change, World Food Programme, July 14,2022

• Sangeet Anand | Environmental education should be a requirement, not an option, The Daily Pennsylvanian, July 15,2022

• Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges, UN News, July 15,2022

• Climate Literacy through Mainstreaming Sport and Climate Change, Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, July 17,2022

• More than 700 leaders working to connect children to the benefits of nature gathered for the 2022 Inside-Out International Conference, CHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK, FINDING NATURE NEWS, June, 2022

• Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’, The Washington Post, June 4, 2022

• Ocean literacy and unlocking a revolution in ocean science solutions, UN News, June 20, 2022

• Just and successful energy transition requires women’s participation. Here’s what Indonesia can do, The Conservation, June 20, 2022

• Climate change needs poetry, not apathy — so read ‘Habitat Threshold’, The Michigan Daily, June 21, 2022

• Stanford University Given $1.1 Billion by Venture Capitalist for Climate Change School', U.S. News, May 4,2022

• World Food Prize goes to former farmer who answers climate change question: 'So what?', NPR, May 5,2022

• How early childhood education is responding to climate change, Study International, May 31,2022

• Climate activism at The College, Arizona State University (ASU) News, April 1,2022

• Connecticut must better educate its students on climate change, CT Viewpoints, April 4,2022

• A UN report says stopping climate change is possible but action is needed now, Science News, April 4,2022

• Livermore teacher inspires students with climate change curriculum, Pleasanton Weekly, April 10,2022

• Community Learning Day 2022 Encourages Climate Change Advocacy, Stony Brook University, April 19,2022

• Climate change will be on NJ school lesson plans in September. How teachers are preparing, App. (Part of the USA TODAY Network), March 1, 2022

• ‘It’s the most important thing to me’: Inside the youth-led lawsuit alleging Utah’s complicity in climate change, DeseretNews, March 16, 2022

• Science diplomacy students present climate strategy to State Department, The University of Arizona News, March 24, 2022

• Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’, Inside Climate News, March 27, 2022

• Teaching about climate change in America’s rural schools, Warner School of Education University of Rochester, February 2, 2022

• Yale students advise state officials on engaging marginalized communities in climate change resilience tactics, Yale News, February 15, 2022

• Bill raises hopes of more Maine-based climate change education for students, teachers, Spectrum News, February 22, 2022

• Bill to fund teacher training in climate change passes Maine House, Spectrum News, February 23, 2022

• The best ways to teach and talk about climate change with kids, Popular Science, February 23, 2022

• Alaska School in Race With Climate Change for New Building, U.S. News, January 5, 2022

• Climate change communication should focus less on specific numbers, ScienceNews, January 11, 2022

• Pakistan: Child activist goes on a climate education mission, DW, January 14, 2022

• Pakistan: Child activist goes on a climate education mission, The Guardian, January 28, 2022

• Climate Change Education Is Failing Our Youth, Columbia Climate School: State of the Planet, December 17, 2021

• Climate change news coverage reached all-time high, language to describe it shifting, CU Boulder Today, December 21, 2021

• Gibraltar pledges to put climate change at heart of education policies, Gibraltar Chronicle, November 5, 2021

• Climate education is inconsistent across Canada, but these students and educators want to fix that, CBC, November 5, 2021

• Africa’s first continent-wide survey of climate change literacy finds education is key, The Conversation, October 27, 2021

• C is for climate change, The Korea Times, October 24, 2021

• Education and the climate crisis, The News International, October 21, 2021

• Educating girls: The overlooked solution to climate change, GreenBiz, October 12, 2021

• Education, gender and poverty affect climate change literacy in Africa, University of Cape Town News, October 8, 2021

• Inspired by Greta, young Brazilians hope to be heard in the decisions of COP-26 – 30/09/2021 – Environment, Play Crazy Game, October 1, 2021

• Teen activist on a mission to improve South Africa’s climate literacy rate, Mail & Guardian, October 1, 2021

• NatureScot release ambitious new strategy to expand nature-based jobs, The Herald, September 30, 2021

• Climate education still a ‘peripheral topic’ in Southeast Asia’s syllabus amid calls to make it compulsory, CNA, September 26, 2021

• South Africa: Hundreds Demand Action Against Climate Change Outside Parliament, allAfrica, September 24, 2021

• If children are to live with the climate crisis, we must green the curriculum, The Guardian, August 19, 2021

• School's back. In a climate crisis, what should we be teaching kids?, The Herald, August 16, 2021

• Climate and environment literacy ahead of COP-26, illuminem, August 11, 2021

• Environmentalists launch tool kit to teach Africa’s youth about climate change, Mail&Guardian, July 30, 2021

• Ask the Expert: How Can Teachers Address Climate Change in the Classroom? ‘I Believe That Explicit Discussion About Why There are Differences in How We View Climate Change Would Do Well in a Classroom,’ Says Assistant Professor K.C. Busch, NC State University College of Education News, July 22, 2021

• How to build a better, fairer, greener, safer world for children, Financial Times, July 15, 2021

• To accelerate climate action, start with mandating climate education in schools, Eco-Business, July 15, 2021

• Companies must get moving on the journey to combat climate change, Financial Times, July 14, 2021

• OPINION: It’s time to reform India’s environmental education, Thomas Reuters Foundation News, July 13, 2021

• Are Canadian schools raising climate-literate citizens?, Corporate Knights, July 6, 2021

• Gambia: Low Literacy Rate Continues to Impede Climate Change Resilience in Gambia, allAfrica, July 1, 2021

• [OPINION] The sad reality of environmental education in the Philippines, Rappler, June 29, 2021

• Why are we under-educating the greatest workers and innovators in the world?, The Hill, June 25, 2021

• Teachers want to encourage children to take a public stand against climate change, University of Bristol, June 22, 2021

• What trainee science teachers in Ghana know about climate change, The Conversation, June 8, 2021

• Will 2021 be the year governments commit to quality climate education? A growing call for action ahead of the G-20, Brookings, June 2, 2021

• Kenya's Road to a More Strategic Climate Change Literacy and Action, AllAfrica, May 28, 2021

• The Skilled Workforce the Clean Energy Economy Will Need, Governing, May 26, 2021

• Pressure builds for schools to put climate change study on curriculum, Reuters, May 26, 2021

• Combat climate change through education, The Hindu, May 25, 2021

• It’s time to rethink science education, Royal Society of Chemistry, May 20, 2021

• New Jersey Adopts Climate Change As Part Of Core Curriculum In All Public Schools, WBUR, May 7, 2021

• Unexpected Ways In Which Climate Change Is Reshaping College Education, ED Times, May 5, 2021

• Govt to introduce climate change as subject in curriculum, The News International, May 4, 2021

• Enhancing Sustainability Education in China’s Secondary Schools, Columbia Climate School, May 4, 2021

• Rising heat may wipe out 80m jobs by 2030 – ILO, The Sun, April 26, 2021

• Climate and environmental literacy takes centre stage on Earth Day, The Jordan Times, April 24, 2021

• Millions of Teachers Urge World Leaders to Prioritize Climate Education, Education International, April 23, 2021

• Invest in climate education to build a better workforce for a greener future, International Labor Organization, April 22, 2021

• India’s 24 cr school students need to be green-jobs ready. Give them climate literacy, The Print, April 22, 2021

• ‘Climate literacy among youth is must to save Mother Earth’, The Hitavada, April 22, 2021

• PRCS, Devcom To Promote Climate Literacy Jointly, Urdu Point, April 22, 2021

• Millions of Teachers World-Wide Urge Governments to Prioritize Climate Education at Upcoming UN Climate Conference, NewsDay (Zimbabwe), April 21, 2021

• The Unexpected Ways Climate Change Is Reshaping College Education, Time, April 16, 2021

• Ley de Educación Ambiental, Argentina.gob.ar

• Restore Our Earth With Climate Literacy, Earth911, April 1, 2021

• DepEd introduces microsite of climate change education materials for teachers and learners, Manila Bulletin, April 1, 2021

• Universities offer first climate change degrees, The Times, March 23, 2021

• Media literacy on climate change reporting good for development, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, March 20, 2021

• Dealing with global warming in Nigerian cities, The Nation, March 19, 2021

• CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY IS A LANGUAGE, LA HORA DE LA CHALINA BLOG, March 10, 2021

• A newly released report by UNDP confirms that education is key to addressing climate change, Mirage.News, March 3, 2021

• Malala Fund publishes report on climate change and girls’ education, Malala Fund, March 2, 2021

• International Mother-Tongue Day in the context of climate change, NEWSDAY.CO.ZW, February 22, 2021

• Despite 14 years of formal education, it fell to me to teach myself the basics of the climate crisis, The Independent, February 10, 2021

• New education pilot program for New Jersey students will help foster essential climate literacy, The Press of Atlantic City, January 28, 2021

• The Ministry of the Environment will create the School of Environmental Education for Colombia in 2021, infobae, January 27, 2021

• Mission Paani: Young Environment Activist is Advocating Mandatory Climate Change Literacy in Schools, CNN News18, January 24, 2021

• Push to make climate change education part of school curriculum, BusinessTech, January 23, 2021

• Youth Climate Change Initiative Urges Government of Liberia to Embark on Compulsory Climate Education, Front Page Africa, January 22, 2021

• New proposal could make climate change lessons compulsory in schools , Starts at 60, January 20, 2021

• Environmental activists pushing for compulsory climate change education worldwide as part of Paris Agreement, FOXBusiness, January 20, 2021

• Climate Crisis Must Be Taught In Schools, U.S. Education Experts Tell Biden, Green Queen Media, January 18, 2021

• Climate and environmental literacy goes global, Teach the Future UK, January 14, 2021

• How can we implement education for climate action and climate justice?, The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2021

• Many states get poor grades on their climate education standards, Yale Climate Connections, January 11, 2021

• Lakehead professor to talk about climate change at CFUW meeting, OrriliaMatters, January 10, 2021

• COP26: Mass global movement rapidly scaling towards compulsory climate literacy, Del Report, January 9, 2021

• Guest Opinion: Climate Literacy – The key to solving the climate crisis, building green jobs and sustainable economies, The Coastland Times, January 9, 2021

• South Africa must place climate crisis literacy at the centre of its education system, Daily Maverick, January 7, 2021

• IDOE Adds Climate Change Education Framework, Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick, January 7, 2021

• Kenya: Fight Climate Change With Good Education, Right From Primary, Daily Nation, January 6, 2021

• Towards Climate and Environmental Literacy in Arab Countries, Asharq Al-Awsat, January 3, 2021

• 2021: the year of climate education, Education today, January, 2021

• State Democrats propose a bill to require climate education in schools, WLNS, December 18, 2020

• Armed with proposals, young climate activists hunt decision-making power, Thomas Reuters Foundation News, December 17, 2020

• New Action Plan Highlights Importance of ‘Net-zero Skills’ to Future Economy, DIGIT, December 17, 2020

• Global movement scaling towards compulsory climate literacy adoption at COP26 , EnviroNews Nigeria, December 15, 2020

• Five years into the Paris Agreement – Education International calls for governments to step up action on the climate emergency and prioritise the implementation of climate literacy for all, Education International, December 11, 2020

• To raise ambition at the Climate Summit, let’s promote quality education—especially for girls, The Brookings Institution, December 10, 2020

• OPINION: It’s time to step up climate education, Thomas Reuters Foundation News, December 4, 2020

• Web Summit: With funding from Apple, Malala Fund is conducting research to look at the impacts of climate change on girls and young women, and education's role in building resilience to future crises, PR Newswire, December 4, 2020

• Teaching climate crisis in classrooms critical for children, top educators say, The Guardian, December 3, 2020

• India should make climate education compulsory: Nine-year-old activist Licypriya Kangujam, The Hindu, November 30, 2020

• Alberta students want more education on climate change: report, The Canadian Press, November 15, 2020

• CCC seeks stronger climate education, The Manila Times, November 14, 2020

• ‘A crisis accepted becomes an adventure’: Explorer Bertrand Piccard gives his tips on how to survive lockdown, iNews.co.uk, November 21, 2020

• Teens Fight For New Climate Change Curriculum in Mass. Schools, CAI, November 24, 2020

• Classrooms Without Walls, and Hopefully Covid, The New York Times, October 27, 2020

• Net-zero must be embedded in school curriculums, Aldersgate Group urges, edie newsroom, October 15, 2020

• How Global Education and Environmental Literacy Empower Students as Citizens of the World, California Environmental Literacy Initiative

• 'We deserve to be taught about it': why students want climate crisis classes, The Guardian, September 28, 2020

• Getting Climate Studies Into Schools, The New York Times, September 2, 2020

• Without better climate education in our schools, the climate crisis will continue to be a runaway train, The Hill, August 31, 2020

• Schools challenged to teach climate change as students join Greta strikes, Thomson Reuters Foundation, February 27, 2020

• Climate change: Schools failing us, say pupils, BBC News, February 24, 2020

December 2019

• Teaching Resilience in the Face of Climate Change, The New York Times, December 2, 2019

November 2019

• Climate change: Compulsory lessons on climate change and sustainability for Italian schools, BBC News, November 7, 2019

• Italy's Students Will Get a Lesson in Climate Change. Many Lessons, in Fact., The New York Times, November 5, 2019

October 2019

• Giving Schools — And Students — The Tools They Need In The Fight To Save The Planet, NPR, October 27, 2019

September 2019

• A climate change curriculum to empower the climate strike generation, The Conversation, September 16, 2019

April 2019

• Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did, NPR, April 22, 2019

• This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising., Vox, April 22, 2019

February 2018

• Should Schools Teach About Climate Change?, The New York Times, February 8, 2018

June 2017

• A Sense of Duty to Teach Climate Change, The New York Times, June 28, 2017