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Climate Education

Update from the Committee on Climate Education

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Report: The Future of Climate Education at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University

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Online Appendix to the Report

Committee on Climate Education

The CCE at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ comprises senior leaders and faculty across the Schools whose research and teaching focus on how to prepare Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ students for leadership in a world with a changing climate. The CCE convened throughout the Spring 2022 term to envision the future of climate education across Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s schools, as well as to prioritize initial steps that can be taken to improve climate education at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in the short run.

, Instructor in Medicine, Primary Care Physician and Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy at Cambridge Health Alliance

, Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology, Associate Director of the Center for Population and Development Studies

, Professor of Epidemiology at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Associate Director of Center for Communicable Disease

, Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

, Academic Dean for Teaching and Curriculum, Edith M. Stokey Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

, Dean for Education at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Faculty member in the Department of Social and Behavioral Science

, Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science, Faculty Dean of Pforzheimer House

, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Director of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Forest, Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum, Affiliate of Environmental Science and Engineering

, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Department Chair

, Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

, Professor of History, Faculty Dean of Cabot Housee

, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies, Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ School of Public Health

, Dean for Academic Programs, Associate Senior Lecturer on Computer Science

, Weatherhead Professor of Public Policy

, Director of the Business and Environment Initiative at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Business School

, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University’s Graduate School of Design, Co-Chair of the Welcoming Communities Work Group for the Climigration Network

, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, President for Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota of Massachusetts

, Professor of Government, Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning

, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Business School

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the report

Grappling with climate change through deeper learning, real-world action

A new report examining how Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ teaches climate change urges an all-hands-on-deck approach, promising not only more but also deeper instruction in disciplines that span the University at a moment of heightened concern about a changing world.

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Committee Process

What climate education should look like

The Committee on Climate Education asks the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ community for new visions