The Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for Education states: "By 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action planā. Ā Ā
The Climate Action Plan includes the following 4 key pillars:
- adaptation and resilience: how the setting is preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change
- biodiversity and nature: efforts to protect and enhance nature and wildlife within the setting and its surroundings
- climate education and green skills: how learners are supported to understand climate change, sustainability, and develop relevant skills
- decarbonisation and net zero: actions to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, working towards net zero
Involving our pupils from EYFS to Year 6 is important in climate action planning. Ā In doing so we can:
- inspire their enthusiasm to help drive positive change
- increase their practical knowledge of sustainability and climate change
- give them a sense of agency where anxiety stems from climate concerns
- create a sense of pride in their nursery/school
- enable them to share their knowledge and enthusiasm in their local communities
- enable them to engage their parents, carers, and wider community in sustainability and climate change