Education in times of climate change: Facilitating learning to build a culture of climate-protection

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  • Francisco Heras Hernández CENEAM (National Centre for Environmental Education) in Valsaín (Segovia, Spain).

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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4220

Keywords:

environmental education, climate change, low-carbon culture

Abstract

Climate change presents significant educational challenges: it is necessary to know about its causes, to recognise the roots of the problem and to be aware of its consequences. This is necessary to build a more realistic perception of climate risks and better understand our vulnerabilities. But it is especially important to know about the solutions; urgent training is needed to build a «low-carbon» culture to prevent dangerous interference with the global climate. Educational institutions – both formal and informal – must consider their contribution to these needs for knowledge and social change, because climate change will impact our future heavily and because everyone plays a role in the complex network of responsibilities that fuel it.

 

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Francisco Heras Hernández, CENEAM (National Centre for Environmental Education) in Valsaín (Segovia, Spain).

Biologist and coordinator of the education area of the CENEAM (National Centre for Environmental Education) in Valsaín (Segovia, Spain). Since 2004, he co-directs the seminar «Answers to climate change from education and communication» and is the Focal Point for Article 6 of the Convention on Climate Change, devoted to education, training and public awareness.

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Published

2016-04-15

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Heras Hernández, F. (2016). Education in times of climate change: Facilitating learning to build a culture of climate-protection. Metode Science Studies Journal, (6), 65–71. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4220
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