Children 'unprepared' for life on heating planet

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Climate change should be taught in more depth to children, as well as in all subjects, according to experts.

Children are left unprepared to live in a warming world due to current teaching.

Scientists say that the heat and fires in the UK could be normal in the future.

Children are studying climate change in school.

Climate change should be taught in all subjects because it is affecting all of us.

Changes to the curriculum are wanted by a campaigner. She was the first student to write a bill for parliament.

She told the news that children need to be prepared for life and work.

It's not just about natural history. She says that it's about people, economics, politics, history and arts.

Teenagers in a school say they don't feel ready.

We don't get told enough or taught enough about it. Harry is at the school.

Jordan Davies is a geography teacher and he says his lessons teach climate change in a lot of depth.

According to a survey by the campaign group Teach the Future, more than half of teachers think climate change isn't taught in a relevant way.

"The education system should focus on the climate crisis in every single subject," says Scarlett, who has been campaigning for change for over a decade. Vocational subjects would be included.

The generation of tomorrow will be prepared to deal with the effects of climate change if this is done.

Pupils said that learning about climate change in subjects like business studies and design technology would help them find sustainable jobs.

Improving climate education would help the UK deal with global warming, according to experts.

The government wants to create 480,000 green jobs by the year 2030. There are jobs that include being a solar panel engineer.

Experts say widening the climate change education provision will help train children.

In science lessons, the cause of climate change is taught first.

The potential impacts are taught at the high school level.

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Academies and free schools don't have to follow the national curriculum so they can teach more about the topic.

The government has a plan to deliver world-leading climate change education. It introduced a natural history exam in April.

Critics say that it is an optional subject and that it will be in competition with other exams when children decide which subjects to study.

Climate change is part of the curriculum at both primary and secondary schools, according to the Department for Education.

The education act was changed to reflect the climate emergency. Vocational courses that prepare students for specific jobs such as business or social care should be taught in schools.

Ms Whittome is 25 years old and has a unique perspective in Parliament.

I remember not knowing about this when I was in school. She said that it was surprising for older MPs.

Climate change can be taught across more subjects to build young people's confidence in tackling the issue and reduce levels of climate anxiety, according to experts.