Together for climate action
Science education has the potential to play a powerful role in adapting and responding to the climate emergency. This special issue of SSR is dedicated to foregrounding science education research and practice which has an impact in science classrooms, and is timed to coincide with the November COP26 (the UN Climate Change Conference) in Glasgow. Papers might examine local and global dimensions of the climate emergency, the ways in which science education can help people anticipate and respond to the impacts of climate change, and the role science education plays in meeting UN sustainable development goal 13 (Climate Action) and the UK target of net zero by 2050. Questions that the issue will address are:
● What are the opportunities for education for climate action in curricular and/or extra curricular school science?
● What are the responsibilities of teachers and/or technicians in relation to climate action?
● What models currently exist for collective action through school science and how effective are they?
● How can school science provide opportunities for engagement with climate action that are inclusive?
In recognising the need for collective action, we particularly welcome articles that are written with or by young people, and which work across traditional subject boundaries.
Each article accepted will feature a response from a youth review panel.
