Facing climate change

Pupils are not learning about climate change at secondary school. When climate change does appear on school curriculums, it’s often on the specifications for non-compulsory subjects, such as geography. It will be a focus of the new natural history GCSE, due to start in 2025. But leaving environmental education to non-compulsory subjects and to the latter years of secondary education tells learners that it’s not important. That needs to change says Education in Chemistry editor, Lisa Clatworthy.