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Leading research into climate change and sustainability education which shapes the development of outstanding, free professional development for all teachers and school leaders.

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The importance of teacher development in the area of climate change and sustainability education is hard to overstate. This is the defining existential challenge of our time and the world that schoolchildren will encounter as adults will look different from our world today.

We aimÌýto provide research-informed professional development for teachers and school leaders across all phases, subjects and career stages.

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About us

Focus

Teaching young people about climate change and sustainability must include but also go beyond the science of climate change and develop knowledge and values to help them to adapt to a changing world and to embrace the opportunities that more sustainable lifestyles might offer.

Teachers also need to know how to support young people with associated health and wellbeing concerns, including increasing levels of eco-anxiety. These are issues that need to be embedded across the school curriculum, but we know that many teachers lack confidence in this area.

We will work across faculties at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº to ensure that this professional development is not only informed by our own research into current practice in schools but also by recent academic research to ensure that all our materials are up-to-date.

Team

Leadership Group

• , Executive Director
• , Programme Director
• , Development Lead

Steering Group

Research Fellows

Associate Fellows

• Sarah Sharp, University of Cambridge
• Dr Andrew Lee, FRGS CGeog (Head of Geography, Wetherby Preparatory School)

Advisory Board

• Professor Chew Hung Chang, National Institute of Education, Singapore
• , Department of Mechanical Engineering, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
• , Department of Geography, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
• , CBE, Department of Earth Scientists, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
• Dr Ana Angelita da Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Dr Jess Tipton, Natural History Museum, UK
• Richard Sheriff, CEO Red Kite Trust
• ,ÌýEmeritus Professor of Geography Education, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
• Naheeda Maharasingam, Headteacher, Rathfern Primary School
• Morgan Phillips, Global Action Plan
• ,ÌýBartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
• Will Wale, Youth Focal Point for Sustainability and Climate Change, Department for Education

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ÌýIf you would like to apply to be an Associate Fellow, please contact:Ìýclimateeducation@ucl.ac.uk

ÌýOur activities

Past events and engagement

Consultancy

• Partnering withÌýBritish Council Iraq to enhanceÌýIraqi climate change and sustainability education

Blogs

• Blog: (11 December 2023) – Dr Kate Greer
• Blog: (30 November 2023) –ÌýDr Kate Greer
• Blog: (29 November 2023) –ÌýProf Nicola Walshe
• Blog: (4 October 2023)Ìý–ÌýDr Kate Greer et al.

Events

• ³§²â³¾±è´Ç²õ¾±³Ü³¾:Ìý;Ìý (16 July 2024)
• Presentation: (13 June 2024)
• °Â±ð²ú¾±²Ô²¹°ù:Ìý (10 October 2023)
• °Â´Ç°ù°ì²õ³ó´Ç±è:Ìý(13 July 2023)
• Webinar: (22 September 2023)
• Workshop: Arts, nature and wellbeing: Journeying towards sustainability for children and young people (19 April 2023)
• Webinar: (27 March 2023)
• °Â±ð²ú¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýÌý(4 July 2022)

Media

• Ìý–ÌýProfessor Nicola Walshe speaks on Bloomsbury Radio's Research and Development Show (RnD).

Publications

2024

• Greer, K., Walshe, N., Kitson, A. & Dillon, J., (2024) .Ìý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Open Environment 6(1).Ìý
• Walshe, N., Moula, Z. & Cox-Condron, H. (2024) ‘The heart of the forest is here’: Reframing children’s disempowered relationships with once-familiar places through Eco-Capabilities. In Pike, S. & Rawlings-Smith, E. (Eds) Encountering Ideas of Place in Education, pp 39–52. Routledge.

2023

• Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (2023) Artscaping: Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº.
• Dillon, J. (2023) Climate change education. In J. Dillon & M. Watts (Eds). Debates in Science Education (2nd edition) (pp. 59–72). Routledge
• Dillon, J. (2023) . In S. Faircloth (Ed.). Oxford Bibliographies in Education. Oxford University Press.Ìý
• Dillon, J. & Herman, B. (2023) Environmental education. In N. G. Lederman, D. L. Zeidler & J. S. Lederman (Eds). Handbook of Research on Science Education, Volume 3. (pp. 717–748). Routledge.
• Dillon, J. & Watts, M. (2023) Debates in science education. In J. Dillon & M. Watts (Eds). Debates in Science Education (2nd edition) (pp. 1–9). Routledge.
• Greer, K. & Svennevig, H. (2023) Citizenship education in the context of climate change: Two research frameworks that can support teaching, Teaching Citizenship, 58.
• Greer, K, King, H. & Glackin, M. (2023) . British Education Research Journal, 49(5), 1088–1107.Ìý
• Kitson, A. (2023) Climate change teaching for sustainable futures, Teaching Citizenship, 58
• Mitchell, D. (2023) Teaching for Sustainable Futures: A research-informed professional development course, Geography, 108(3), 147–151Ìý
• Moula, Z. & Walshe, N. (2023) The House, 17 April.
• Moula Z., Walshe N., Lee E. (2023) . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102072.
• Owens, J., Greer, K., King, H., Glackin, M. (2023) . Frontiers in Education, 8.
• Reiss, M. J. (2023) ASE Presidential Address: Science education at a time of existential risk. School Science Review in Depth, 105(389), 5–10.
• Rushton, E., Sharp, S. & Walshe, N. (2023) . British Council
• Rushton, E. A. C., Sharp, S., Kitson, A. & Walshe, N. (2023) . Sustainability, 15(8), 6497.
• Scaramanga, J. & Reiss, M. J. (2023) . Cultural Studies of Science Education, 18, 809-827.
• Walshe, N. & Perry, J. (2023) Nurturing eco-capabilities for transformative learning and wellbeing. Primary Geographer, 110(1), 7–9.Ìý
• Walshe, N., Bungay, H. & Dadswell, A. (2023) . Sustainability, 15(5), 3941.
• Walshe, N., Perry, J. & Moula, Z. (2023) . Sustainability, 15, 12290.

2022

• Dunlop, L. & Rushton, E. A. C. (2022) British Educational Research Journal, 48(6), 1083–1101.
• Howard-Jones, P. & Dillon, J. (2022) . PolicyBristol.
• Kitson, A. (2022) What does climate change and sustainability have to do with me? Educate.
• Reiss, M. J. (2022) . In: Handbook of Research on Science Teacher Education, Luft, J. A. & Jones, M. G. (Eds), Routledge, pp. 403–413.
• Rushton, E. A. C. & Walshe, N. (2022) . Journal of Biological Education, 56(3), 243–244.Ìý
• Walshe, N. & Perry, J. (2022) Transformative geography education: Developing eco-capabilities for a flourishing and sustainable future. Teaching Geography, 47(3), 94–97.
• Walshe, N. & Sund, L. (Eds) (2022) . MDPI.
• Walshe, N., Moula, Z. & Lee, E. (2022) E. Sustainability, 14(6), 3582.

2021

• Walshe, N. (2021) Schools Week.
• Walshe, N. & Moula, Z. (2021) . Environmental Education, 126, 16–17.