NDM8370 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal – A Bill on climate assurance for children and young people

NDM8370 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on climate assurance for children and young people. 

2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to: 

a) amend the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 to ensure the school curriculum includes an understanding of the severity and urgency of the climate crisis and ecological emergency as a key concept across all areas of learning and experience;

b) ensure the curriculum reflects the urgency and necessity of tackling the climate crisis and protecting the ecological environment;

c) ensure that such teaching is not confined to traditional subjects that cover this area, but is embedded across all areas of learning and experience;

d) recognise the importance of subliminal learning and promote a sustainable environment in which learning can take place; and

e) begin to address climate anxiety amongst children and young people.