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What we want

Our policy asks for Wales

We're campaigning for the education minister to implement 5 specific policy asks, which we hope will achieve our vision of broad climate and environmental education:

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Policy asks by nation
  1. Regular review of the Curriculum for Wales under the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and engagement with Professional and Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) to update Higher Education course standards
  2. Comprehensive training and resources for all educational practitioners on climate education and climate justice
  3. Reform of school assessments, reinforcing the importance of sustainability in the curriculum and facilitating students developing Education for Sustainable Development competencies
  4. Provisions for climate education and climate justice in school inspections
  5. Educational buildings at the front of the queue to be retrofitted to net-zero standards, linking school retrofit projects to a green skills pipeline, and supporting schools in becoming deforestation free

For more detail on our policy asks, including many practical recommendations, please see the full updated asks document. You can also read it in Welsh here.

Our Climate Education Bill (in England and Wales) is currently making its way through parliament. If passed, it would integrate sustainability throughout the curriculum. For more information on the bill and what it would mean, read our briefing for MPs.

You can get in contact with us at wales@teachthefuture.uk.

Policy documents

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Our Curriculum for a Changing Climate

An outline of the changes our Climate Education Bill would enact regarding education in England and Wales.

Report on the estimated costs of achieving Net Zero in Primary and Secondary Schools in the United Kingdom. Prepared by Energise (pro-bono) for Teach the Future. September 2023.

Other documents

Previous documents

Previous Policy Work

Our Amendments to the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill, based on our four Welsh asks of implementing climate justice education and sustainable practices, was submitted to the Senedd in 2021 during the curriculum review process. Read our blog post to learn more about the outcomes of tabling our bill.