International Conference of Sustainable Development
Plenary Session 5:
Panel Title: Pathways for Progress in Climate Change Education in the US.
This panel will reflect on the treatment of Climate Change Education in the U.S. Education system. It will look at both non-formal and formal pathways to provide life-long learning opportunities to learners. The panel will provide a critical perspective on the educational gaps so far and will discuss the types of interventions needed to fill those gaps. More specifically, the panel will investigate how do children learn about the environment? What kind of support can the education systems (formal and non-formal) provide to strengthen student learning? Finally, the panel will discuss, how can communities and informal networks contribute towards climate change education? The panel will look at key education policies in the U.S. context and suggest concrete ways in which Climate Change Education can be made more effective in imparting knowledge as well as changing behaviors.
- Radhika Iyengar (Moderator), Education Sector Director, Center for Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
- Christina Kwauk (Moderator), Fellow, Center for Universal Education, the Brookings Institution
- Karen Cowe, CEO, Ten Strands
- Shakira Provasoli, K–5 environmental science teacher, New York City PS 333
- Iveta Silova, Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, Arizona State University
- Frank Niepold, Climate Education Coordinator at NOAA's Climate Program Office in Silver Spring Maryland
