Facing climate change

By Lisa Clatworthy2023-09-01T10:27:00

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When young people don’t learn about it in school, where do they get their information?

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.

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