Climate Change Education: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Junqing Zhai, Justin Dillon, Vaille Dawson
Abstract
In our contemporary world, climate change has emerged not merely as an environmental challenge, but as a complex, multifaceted issue interwoven with educational, cultural, policy, and societal transformations (Wals et al., 2014).As the global community confronts the escalating impacts of climate change, the role of education in diverse cultural and social contexts becomes increasingly clear.This Special Issue of the journal, dedicated to Climate Change Education (CCE), aims to explore and deepen the understanding of the topic from a cross-cultural perspective in line with the urgency highlighted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2015).The theme of CCE was selected for its pivotal role in the current academic discourse, practical