Climate change education in schools of Crete, Greece

The raise of awareness for the present-day climate change has encouraged schools to undertake actions. This has led to the creation and implementation of education and awareness programs for all ages. This study focuses on the integration of environmental education with a focus on climate change within school curricula, focusing on how effectively climate issues are addressed and the engagement of students in climate action initiatives. Additionally, the study investigates the effectiveness of various teaching methods, such as classroom activities, including hands-on experiments, discussions, simulations and educational visits to the centers of environmental education of Crete (Greece). Moreover, educational activities were taking place at the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Hub at Finokalia (Crete, Greece), where students had the opportunity to participate in the project Teaching and Learning about Climate Change (EDU4clima) carrying out experiments that demonstrate in a simply way the basic concepts that define anthropogenic climate change.  This work has been supported by the projects: Climademy (Erasmus+ Climate Change Teachers’ Academy) and EDU4Clima (Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation), to provide a comprehensive framework where educators can learn how to teach future generation of European citizen on climate change issues.