Study: Secondary schools must equip young people with tools to respond to climate crisis

Stuart Stone
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New report from University of Bath calls on government to better align secondary school curricula with the need to deliver on binding 2050 net zero target

More needs to be done to equip secondary schools with the resources and curricula required to teach young people about the climate emergency and their role in tackling it, a new report from the University...

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