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Chapter 14
SDG 13 Climate Action
Climate Education: Identifying Challenges to
Climate Action
Isabel B. Franco, Rosemarie Tapia, and James Tracey
Abstract There is an increasing consensus that stakeholders at education institutions, specifically educators and students, face enormous challenges in translating
climate education into effective action. Therefore, a better understanding of these
issues – both within and beyond education institutions – is paramount. This chapter
addresses such issues within education institutions, including teachers and students
misconceptions regarding climate change, behavioural issues and social considerations such as peer pressure. This investigation worked to critically analyse issues
with the current climate education scheme, whilst identifying key areas in which
improvements should be made to effectively promote climate action and contribute
to the achievement of the sustainable development goal related to climate action
(SDG 13).
Keywords Climate change · Sustainability · SDG 13 climate change · Education ·
Impact
I. B. Franco (*)
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
R. Tapia
Exceptional Women in Sustainability – eWisely, Sydney, Australia
J. Tracey
Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia