Interview with Ginevra and Vanessa, 13 and 14, who with a stop-motion video showed the pollution in Lombardy rivers: "With art we can make people aware of problems in an effective and stimulating way".

What are students currently taught in UK based schools?

Students already learn about the urbanisation and landscapes in geography and habitats in science.

During COP26, the education secretary said teachers will be supported in delivering climate change education through a new science curriculum in place by 2023.

Climate change is currently on the curriculum and taught in science, citizenship and geography from Key Stage 3 (the beginning of secondary school) onwards...

The education secretary will also launch a wider Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, which will "help young people develop excellent knowledge of STEM and practical opportunities to improve biodiversity and climate resilience".

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Is Italy the first country to require Climate Change Education in all schools?

On November 5, 2019, Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti announced the intention to put climate change and sustainability at the core of Italy’s school curriculum. It aims to educate students of all ages about the world’s current “climate emergency” and how to work against it through sustainability.

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