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Education and Climate Action

What does the education sector need to do in order to respond to the challenges of climate change? Educators and leaders are already driving impact in their schools and communities — embracing evidence-based solutions, innovative practices, and an emerging consensus around education as a key lever for climate action. How can we broaden that vision and scale that impact?  
Harvard Graduate School of Education's faculty, students, and alumni are exploring that question, through important and impactful work in partnership with Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, and through projects both within HGSE and beyond, such as EcoLearn and Aspen Institute's This is Planet Ed. 

 

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"Climate change is not a future problem; climate change is already happening, and it affects us all. ... Climate change is exacerbating educational inequality. It is now another important cause of the inequities that so many of us are working hard to address. So we need to take action. ... And with about 70 million students enrolled in school from pre-K through postsecondary education, one in five Americans are currently connected to the education sector, making education a critical lever for change. What we do matters."

– Dean Bridget Long

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Watch: Education and Climate Action Convening

A special convening with research and practice leaders from Harvard and beyond, presented by the Askwith Education Forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

 

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Climate Change Stories

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Why schools should act against climate change now and how they can make change a reality.

Climate Action Askwith

A crucial conversation about how educators and systems can advance climate solutions, build resilience to climate change, and support the learners of today and tomorrow

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Writing curriculum for K–12 teachers looking for credible, unbiased material on climate change.

Read more stories about HGSE's investment in educating for climate action >>

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