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Teachers for Climate Australia
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We are a passionate group of Australian educators calling for bold and urgent action to empower our communities in responding to the unfolding climate and ecological emergency. Join us! www.teachersforclimate.com.au
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Did you know that “Education” is not included in Australia’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the Paris Agreement?
Reporting of NDCs is a requirement of the Paris Agreement, of which Australia is a signatory, in an effort to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Teachers for Climate Australia (and so many others!) believe that Education is essential to fulfil the goals of the Paris Agreement. And importantly, as a signatory to the UNESCO Declaration on the Common Agenda for Education and Climate Change since October 2024, Australia has made a commitment to include education in its NDCs and enhance climate change education as part of its adaptation, mitigation and investment strategies. We'e urged the Australia Government to address this NOW by including Education in Australia's 2035 NDCs and joining UNESCO's Greening Education Partnership to support the development of strategic framework. It's not too late!
September 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Teachers, SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT for the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) in Perth, Australia, from 21-25 September 2026, hosted by Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE).

Don't miss this opportunity to share your work with peers from all over the world!

weec2026.org
Consider running a 1-hour workshop, a 15-minute presentation or 40-minute round-table presentation across 5 themes: 1. Connection to Country (Land and Carers) 2. Beyond Regenerative Understanding 3. Reclaiming and Revolutionising Education 4. Inspiring Change and Empowering Agency 5. Decision Making and Sense of Justice weec2026.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Don't miss this FREE PD webinar on Recognising and Supporting Climate Emotions in the Classroom.

Date: Wednesday 3 September 2025

Time: 4-5pm AEST / 2-3pm AWST

Location: Online

Registration Link: in bio
Designed to build teacher confidence in addressing sustainability, environmental issues, and climate-related topics in the classroom, the session will explore how to create supportive learning environments for students when navigating complex responses, such as climate emotions. The webinar will include a panel discussion with experts from the sector as well as an invitation for teachers in the audience to participate in a Q&A session with the panel. Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/recognising-and-supporting-climate-emotions-in-the-classroom-tickets-1588497271099?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Teachers for Climate Australia thanks STTOP! 2030 and Orygen, with headspace and Psychologists for a Safe Climate and a team of advisors, for developing this important resource for teachers. 😘
August 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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OECD defines Climate Literacy as the “specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to understand, communicate, making decisions about, and respond to the challenges posed by climate change”.

We WELCOME the inclusion of a Climate Change Competency component in OECD's 2025 PISA cycle.
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment's (PISA) Climate Literacy Competency will evaluate 15-year-olds’ knowledge, attitudes, and action-readiness in the context of climate change. It seeks to understand how young people perceive climate issues, what they know, and more importantly, how likely they are to take meaningful action. Check out the publication “Empowering Young People Through Climate Literacy” (OECD, 2024) and “Agency in the Anthropocene: Supporting document to the PISA 2025 Science Framework” (OECD, 2023).
August 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The Australian Government is now a signatory to the UNESCO Declaration on the Common Agenda for Education & Climate Change!
August 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Register HERE to see the free on-line screening of Corals' Last Stand this TUESDAY 22 JULY @ 5pm AWST. This inspiring film is a topical and thought-provoking resource for teachers world-wide. www.coralslaststand.com.au/screenings
July 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Let’s help prepare our teachers and future generations by mandating climate change education in the Australian national curriculum! 🤩
“Students need stronger scientific knowledge and skills in environmental issues than they currently have… to address the global climate and ecological crisis" (OECD, 2022). However, in Australia, “climate change is not specifically mentioned in the mandatory learning content of the national curriculum…[and] there is no specific mention of climate change or the core concepts of climate change in the achievement standards which form the basis for assessing students’ understanding.” (UNESCO, 2024) Unfortunately, sustainability as a cross-curriculum priority in the Australian curriculum is “fragmented, poorly understood and often overlooked as a curriculum concept” (WA Parliament, 2022). Let’s help prepare our teachers and future generations by mandating climate change education in the Australian national curriculum! 🤩
February 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Students will connect with First Nations culture, imagine sustainable futures and feel empowered to make a difference for our planet. Runs from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (5 x 50 minute sessions per day, maximum of 30 students and 4 teachers/parents/carers per session).
Check out the Sacred Earth, Sustainable Futures interactive experience at the Australian Museum for Sydney Climate Action Week from Monday, 10th March to Friday, 14th March 2025. https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/sacred-earth-sustainable-futures-primary-schools
February 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Teachers for Climate Australia strongly OPPOSE the Browse Carbon Capture and Storage project in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

To make a public submission by 31 January 2025, just follow these simple directions:
www.gobeyondgas.com.au/stop_woodsid...
Public submissions to Minister Plibersek close SOON, 31 January 2025!! If approved, it would involve 7 more wells being drilled for CO2 injection and enable over 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions from the main Browse gas project. Using this unproven technology in the vicinity of pristine Scott Reef would pose unacceptable risks to over 20 listed threatened species and over 30 migratory species!
January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Woodside Energy donated $20 million to the redevelopment of Roebourne District High School in Western Australia, where the company operates its Burrup Hub gas facilities. The fossil fuel industry has NO PLACE in our schools or in the careers of our students in a future Net Zero Emissions economy!
Teachers for Climate Australia STRONGLY OBJECT to the use of fossil fuel money to fund public education, which has been the case for decades. See https://www.woodside.com/docs/default-source/media-releases/woodside-extends-investment-in-education-initiative.pdf?sfvrsn=6521605f_9&ref=gerardmazza.com.
January 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Join Teachers for Climate Australia today! www.teachersforclimate.com.au
January 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Teachers for Climate Australia call on the WA State Government to enact the WA Climate Change Act.
We agree with the WA Minister for Climate Action who stated in the second reading speech to the WA Parliament on 30 Nov 2024 that “This government recognises that legislated targets, along with credible and predictable policy settings, are the best way to mobilise the capital required for the net zero transition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading global scientific body on climate, has emphasised the importance of climate legislation in setting out overarching goals for emissions reduction and attracting international finance.” SO LET’S DO IT! 🤩
January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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PLEASE SIGN this open letter to Minister Plibersek written by a Perth student. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
The expansion of the North West Shelf into 2070 by Woodside would: * Emit nearly 4.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide; * Threaten over 60,000 year old Murujuga rock art; * Blatantly ignore the recommendations of the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - that no more fossil fuel sources can be opened if we are to avoid exceeding 1.5C of global heating; and * Threaten the Paris Agreement to which Australia is a signatory. 😡 The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted by AUSTRALIA and 196 other countries at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”
January 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Join Teachers for Climate Australia today! 😍
www.teachersforclimate.com.au
January 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM