“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face.”
— Nelson Mandela
GLASGOW — We must give children the climate education tools required to face the climate crisis. In these last hours of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is still hope that negotiators will prioritize climate education for children, especially in regions hardest hit by climate change. “How do we expect children and youth to survive and lead on climate if we don’t make relatable climate education a priority?” said Andrea Koehle Jones, UN Climate Observer and founder of The ChariTree Foundation.
She said, there are many children who don’t receive any climate education and even those that do, it is often not relatable to their climate challenges. “Children are among the least responsible and most at risk from the impacts of the climate crisis, that is why it’s so important to give children and youth the tools and knowledge to protect their future.”
As COP26 winds down, Koehle Jones calls on leaders to take action and prioritize climate education for children and youth.
“Let’s give children opportunities to fall in love with nature,” said Koehle Jones. “Because you protect what you love.”
