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A Snapshot of Climate Change Education Initiatives in Europe: Initial findings and implications for future Climate Change Education

Murphy, Clíona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6251-5785, Martínez-Sainz, Gabriela, Aksela, Maija, Bergman, Gerd, Jones, Michael B. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0992-4982, Léna, Pierre and Wilgenbus, David (2020) A Snapshot of Climate Change Education Initiatives in Europe: Initial findings and implications for future Climate Change Education. Policy Report. ALLEA - All European Academies, Berlin.

Abstract
There is a dearth of research that provides an overview of different climate change education (CCE) initiatives currently available throughout Europe. This scoping review maps a sample of current CCE initiatives in a non-exhaustive way, to identify commonalities, gaps, and best practices in CCE. It is intended that the findings from this scoping survey would inform a more representative large-scale survey of CCE initiatives throughout Europe. While the sample in the current study is relatively small, it yielded informative and relevant findings that are particularly timely taking cognisance that climate change is one of the key challenges identified by the European Commission in their 2020 Work Plan (EU 2020). To gain an insight into CCE in Europe an online survey was developed and administered to ALLEA’s more than 50 science academies requesting that the survey be shared with relevant universities, education providers and outreach organisations that address climate change education in their work. The survey gathered 67 responses from 14 countries (11 from the European Union). Responses were compiled and collected for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the responses from the survey to identify patterns and averages in the types of initiatives, scope, content, and age groups each initiative targets. In addition, content analysis was used to explore main themes across the open-ended responses related to the aims and descriptions of the initiatives
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Item Type:Monograph (Policy Report)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Climate Change
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies
Research Institutes and Centres > Research Centre in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education (CASTel)
Publisher:ALLEA - All European Academies
Official URL:https://allea.org/portfolio-item/a-snapshot-of-cli...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:32120
Deposited On:08 Jan 2026 13:45 by Tom Feeney . Last Modified 08 Jan 2026 13:45
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