Primary Convener:
Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Convener:
Frank Niepold, Transformative Skills Collaborative

Chair:
Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frank Niepold, NOAA Washington DC

To meet the extraordinary challenges of climate change, societies need significantly better ways to develop their agency and enact change. Increasing climate literacy - the knowledge of how the climate system works, how human actions influence climate, and how climate influences people and other parts of the Earth system - is essential to these goals. Climate literate people are able to recognize and find credible information about climate change, communicate in accurate and effective ways, and make informed decisions related to climate change. This session invites presentations on approaches to increasing and evaluating climate literacy. We encourage submissions focused on all groups of learners, in all locations, and through all methods, including K-12, university, and career and technical education; public communication; informal education; workforce development; and adult education. Submissions on public perception of climate, surveys of climate knowledge, and other measurements of climate literacy are also welcome.

Index Terms
0805 Elementary and secondary education
0810 Post-secondary education
0815 Informal education
0840 Evaluation and assessment

Suggested Itineraries:
Climate Change and Global Policy
Career and Professional Development
Science Communications
Open Science and Open Data
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies
Environmental Justice

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society

Co-Organized Sessions:
Science and Society

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus