Climate change education (CCE) is education that aims to address and develop effective responses to climate change. It helps learners understand the causes and consequences of climate change, prepares them to live with the impacts of climate change and empowers learners to take appropriate actions to adopt more sustainable lifestyles.[1] Climate change and climate change education are global challenges that can be anchored in the curriculum in order to provide local learning and widen up mindset shifts on how climate change can be mitigated.[2] In such as case CCE is more than climate change literacy but understanding ways of dealing with climate[3]
CCE helps policymakers understand the urgency and importance of putting mechanisms into place to combat climate change on a national and global scale. Communities learn about how climate change will affect them, what they can do to protect themselves from negative consequences, and how they can reduce their own carbon footprint. In particular, CCE helps increase the resilience of already vulnerable communities who are the most likely to be adversely affected by climate change.[1]
CCE is rooted in Education for sustainable development (ESD).[1]
- ^ a b c UNESCO (2015). Not Just Hot Air: Putting Climate Change Education into Practice (PDF). Paris, UNESCO. pp. 6, 8, 10, 32, 40, 44, 46, 48, 58. ISBN 978-92-3-100101-7.
- ^ Commons Librarian (2024-06-17). "Social Justice Resources for Teachers: Topic Guide. Climate change". The Commons. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "UNSSC | United Nations System Staff College". www.unssc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-03.