Climate Change Education (CCE) position paper: a call to action

Margaret  Shepherd; Peta White; Jeana Kriewaldt; Anne Forbes; Russell Tytler; Lesley Gough; Rebecca Pan; Susan Caldis; Keith Skamp

Climate Change Education (CCE) position paper: a call to action

Margaret Shepherd^*, Peta White, Jeana Kriewaldt, Anne Forbes, Russell Tytler, Lesley Gough, Rebecca Pan, Susan Caldis, Keith Skamp

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Macquarie School of Education

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Abstract

Our commitment is to comprehensive, unified, research-informed action to ensure that all Australian young people receive quality climate change education. We are three national education associations, and we call for the following five actions:

1. Make climate change education explicit and mandatory across the F–12 curriculum to support Australian students to be active, responsible citizens.

2. Develop a conceptual progression of learning, through the curriculum, that leads to deep engagement with human-induced climate change across all years of schooling.

3. Provide professional learning for pre-service and in-service teachers, school leaders, and administrators to build knowledge, values, and skills related to climate change education across disciplines.

4. Develop a national education action plan that prioritises climate action.

5. Fund a coordinated program that enables multiple cross-institutional research initiatives to inform effective climate change education in schools.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Weston Creek, ACT
Publisher	Australian Association for Environmental Education
Number of pages	22
Publication status	Published - 2026

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