EU To Make Climate Education Mandatory

In an official press release, the EU announced that it will make climate education mandatory.

The NGO Earth Day reported the news as follows:

“EARTHDAY.ORG (EDO), the global organizer of the Earth Day movement – observed by more than one billion people each April 22 – celebrates the European Union’s landmark decision to integrate climate education into school curricula from kindergarten through grade 12, as part of its 2025 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.

The inclusion of climate education in the EU NDC is an important step toward equipping students with green skills and countering climate disinformation.

The Danish Presidency formally submitted the European Union’s NDC to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on November 5, 2025. By officially incorporating climate education across its 27 member states, the EU joins more than 60 other countries that have adopted EARTHDAY.ORG–model language in their NDCs – helping to cement climate literacy as a global standard for climate action.

‘The inclusion of climate education in the EU’s NDC is a significant victory for young people across Europe. Strengthening green skills in curricula will make young Europeans better prepared and more competitive in the green job market but also combat the rise of climate misinformation which is arising across Europe.

This achievement is the result of strong collaboration between governments, youth, and civil society. Our dear youth colleague from EARTHDAY.ORG has been an important advocate for advancing climate education at the EU level’ said Sigurd Krabbe, Denmark’s Youth Delegate to the UN for Climate and Environment

This milestone marks the result of over a decade of bold EDO advocacy.

‘As we navigate the climate emergency, quality climate education is as fundamental as teaching reading and writing. Teachers are determined to empower students for climate action and a just transition but we need policies that provide us with enabling conditions. Through our Teach for the Planet campaign and together with EARTHDAY.ORG, we are advocating for governments everywhere to recognize and fund climate education as the essential adaptation measure and resource that it is’, said Dave Edwards, General Secretary, Education International.

Last month, the Vatican endorsed climate education and integral ecology, highlighting EDO’s advocacy in Vatican News alongside the release of its updated NDC.

The EU and the Vatican are not alone – nations across the political and economic spectrum are now integrating climate education into their NDCs.”

It is no coincidence that in the UK Bridget Phillipson introduced a major overhaul of the national curriculum which includes new mandatory lessons on climate awareness for all primary school children.

But the chances of children actually being taught the actual facts are remote. Instead, they will be force fed with the government version.

yogaesoteric
November 26, 2025

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