Change the climate in your classroom

As COP26 (the UN climate change conference) opened in Glasgow on 31 October, climate change had been jostling with Covid-19 for coverage in the national media over the previous weeks. But why isn’t climate change making the front pages of newspapers and websites, or the main headlines on radio and TV every day? It’s surely the biggest threat to humanity. And more importantly why isn’t it dominating teaching of all subjects? In this opinion article, Education in Chemistry’s Lisa Clatworthy ponders the question of teaching sustainability and climate change.