Report: Choosing our Future – Education for Climate Action

The World Bank’s Education for Climate Action report shows that education is one of the most powerful yet overlooked tools for tackling the climate crisis. It demonstrates how education reshapes behaviours –key ingredients for climate mitigation and adaptation. Designed for policymakers, educators, and development partners, the report provides practical guidance on integrating climate learning into curricula, strengthening foundational and STEM skills, and building teacher capacity so systems can respond to rising climate shocks.

Climate change is already disrupting learning worldwide, with school closures and extreme heat causing major losses – especially in low‑income countries – threatening future earnings and widening global inequality.

The report offers concrete, cost‑effective steps to make schools more resilient and to equip young people with broad green skills suited to both new and existing jobs. It serves as an accessible, implementation‑ready resource for anyone working to create a more climate‑ready and equitable future.

Access the full report, associated webinar launch and blog here.