According to a recent Pew study, seven out of 10 Americans classified as political independents were not very concerned that climate change would hurt them. Worse still, Yale University researchers recently found that 40 percent of adults worldwide have never even heard of climate change. In some developing countries, such as India, that figure climbs to 65 percent. These figures are discouraging, but they can be improved. The Yale study concluded that “educational attainment tends…
Why climate change is an education issue
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