Green shoots: Getting our children ready to live well amid climate change 

Our children face a bleak future if climate change continues at the current pace. It's never been more important to educate them about how to protect the planet

"What I have learnt is that children, when given the opportunities, will do their utmost to explore, look after and reimagine their environments."

The latest IPCC report tells us that half of all people on the planet are ‘highly vulnerable’ to climate disruption. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a “code red warning for humanity”. Is our current education system equipping our children to live well in this world?

Education has always offered an opportunity to build resilience. And so now, at this point in history, we have an opportunity for our education to be relevant for the lives of younger and future generations and build our collective resilience as a species on this planet.