Martha Monroe in Vienna

Climate Education for Climate Action Workshop

University of Vienna, Austria, May 26 -27, 2025

• A series of presentations, discussions, and work groups designed to explore how climate education can prepare learners to be engaged in climate action

May 26

9:00   Welcome

9:30   What do we mean by climate action?

• An interactive exploration of the elements that are commonly thought to be essential to climate literacy with a focus on climate action.

11:15   What leads to willingness to take action?

• A review of several human behavior theories and analysis of survey data from U.S. high school students, with discussion of what would this mean for teacher preparation and instructional materials if students in Europe respond similarly?

12:30   Lunch break

1:30   Guidelines for Excellence from North America

• An introduction to the Climate Action and Justice Guidelines for Excellence and opportunity to use them to critique existing materials.

3:30   Wrap up

May 27

9:00 am What seems important?

• Review of Monday discussion with an emphasis on the needs and unknowns.

9:30   What do we need?

• Presentation of initial findings from interviews on research gaps by Miloslav Kolenaty. Discussion of additional gaps and how they can be filled by research, practice, and instructional materials.

11:00   One strategy for meeting needs

• Presentation of how OECD is working toward defining, supporting, and assessing climate literacy

12:15   Final thoughts, Farewell, and Thanks!