'Nearly a quarter of a billion children had their education interrupted by climate-related natural disasters'

Sad little boy sitting on a bench outdoors clutching his knees and burying his face

Surveys show that many teachers feel they lack sufficient training in both climate science and managing students' emotions around it

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By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US

published 25 April 2025

'Climate science should be taught in classrooms by trained professionals'

Mark Gongloff at Bloomberg

Under the Trump administration, the Commerce Department "ended a partnership" with the "Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System," says Mark Gongloff. The organization was accused of promoting "exaggerated climate threats" and "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety'" among "America's youth." But a "professed concern about children's climate anxiety" is meant to "justify curbing climate discussions," and is "part of a new breed of denialism."

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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold has worked as a story editor at The Week since 2024. She previously worked at FLOOD Magazine, Woman's World, First for Women, DGO Magazine and BOMB Magazine. Anya's culture writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Jezebel, Vice and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others.