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Green skills, fair chances: Five lessons for building inclusive training systems for a just transition

by Sarah Jonson | Nov 14, 2025 | Climate Change

Climate change is reshaping how young people learn, earn and envision their futures. With 70% of youth globally expressing a desire to work in green jobs, their ambitions are clear: they want livelihoods that contribute to climate action and sustainability. Read More

Education and climate justice: Advancing a shared agenda for COP30 and beyond

by UKFIET | Nov 6, 2025 | Climate Change, Policymaking

Education stakeholders from 28 policy, research and civil society organisations met in September 2025 with the aim of building a shared call for action for climate justice in and...

Climate and environmental justice: Webinar and summary from UKFIET 2025 conference theme

by UKFIET | Oct 22, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Climate Change

Read the summary blog from the convenors of this theme: Where do we go from here? Opportunities for justice in education in climate, environmental and political crises Webinar A...

Where do we go from here? Opportunities for justice in education in climate, environmental and political crises

by Rachel Wilder and Fernanda Gándara | Oct 6, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Climate Change

The Climate and Environmental Justice sessions were opulent in unlearning, witnessing and re-imagining what is possible in education. Our speakers considered what environmental and climate education can enable for children, teachers and communities, as well as how educational infrastructure and provision can be funded and re-designed for sites that experience… Read More

Join the Conversations for Change: Measuring climate and environmental education through a justice lens

by Rachel Wilder, Fernanda Gándara and Terra Sprague | Aug 26, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Climate Change

While environmentalists and educationalists alike recognise that education should play a valuable role in transitions toward social and planetary justice and sustainability, there is little consensus and not much discussion on how we know what or whether environmental, climate or ‘green’ education is advancing justice. Read More

Climate and environmental justice – expectations of UKFIET conference theme convenors

by Rachel Wilder and Fernanda Gándara | Feb 18, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Climate Change

Making fast progress in climate and environmental justice is more urgent than ever. Education has not adapted quickly or boldly enough to deal with the challenges that our ecosystems face, and we are excited for the opportunity to elevate creative and meaningful solutions to a problem that otherwise will not… Read More

Carbon footprints and technology use: Measuring the environmental impact of a teacher development project in Rwanda

by Amy Lightfoot | Dec 18, 2024 | Climate Change

Programmes with a focus on supporting education systems and practitioners to become more environmentally aware are understandably on the rise. Ministries of education are reviewing their curricula to include a greater focus on our impact on the natural world – a new GCSE qualification in Natural History launched this school… Read More

The intersection of climate, disability and education: what can we learn from current scholarship?

by Camilla H. Chaudhary and Nidhi Singal | Oct 23, 2024 | Climate Change, Education and Disabilities

Climate vulnerability creates varied experiences especially across marginalised groups. Women living in poverty and refugees, for example, face greater vulnerabilities due to climate crises. Another such group is persons with disabilities. Read More

Thinking systematically about the Climate Change <> Education Nexus

by Akanksha Bapna, Nicholas Simpson and Sarah Colenbrander | Jun 5, 2024 | Climate Change

Climate change poses a significant threat to education systems around the world. It disrupts education directly through extreme weather events and environmental degradation, and indirectly through its impacts on health, food security, and migration. Read More

International Mother Earth Day

by UKFIET | Apr 22, 2024 | Climate Change

The 22 April marks the third Mother Earth Day Read More

Lots of snakes but where are the ladders? Building environment-smart learning friendly schools responsive to extreme weather

by Colin Bangay | Jan 10, 2024 | Climate Change, Learning

Anyone who has ever been in a concrete-walled, corrugated iron-rooved building in the heat of the dry season or experienced the noise of a tropical rainstorm will appreciate how this can impact on learning and teaching. Read More

Greening schools: Visible thinking routines for leveraging environmental education in Pakistan

by Razia Iram Sadik and Maham Afzal | Dec 12, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Climate Change, Learning

Green school programmes take on various forms and names worldwide, but at their core, they embrace a “whole school approach". This approach seeks to involve students, educators, and the local community to enhance the school environment and inspire students to identify and address environmental issues at the local level. Read More