Cassie Xu is the former director of K-12 and continuing education at the Columbia Climate School, where she led efforts to establish the Office of Education and Outreach. Radhika Iyengar is a research scholar and the director of education at the Columbia Climate School’s Center for Sustainable Development.
To understand climate change, it is important to understand what shapes it in natural, social, and economic spheres. Climate Change Education's systems thinking approach speaks professionally to teaching and learning about climate change in all its interconnected complexity. -- Lucia Rodriguez, Director, Global MDP Secretariat Xu and Iyengar's holistic systems thinking approach to teaching will lead to fruitful discussions of the historical context of climate change and its multifaceted nature. -- Latasha Wright, Chief Scientific Officer, BioBus Xu and Iyengar place education for sustainable development and climate education in a clear yet broad context, providing a highly adaptable framing and applications for different learning spaces. An important read for policymakers, educators and researchers alike. -- Matthew A. Witenstein, Dayton University