Climate change coverage in the UAE national schools’ curricula
Alanood ALNUAIMI, Abdullah ALSHAMSI, Mariam ALSAAD, Mohammad Sayem MOZUMDER
Abstract. Educating the upcoming generation about climate change is a global challenge, and the UAE is making significant progress in converting this obligation into educational practice. The objective of this study is to analyze the climate change coverage in the UAE national schools’ curricula. It is found that the UAE has created plans and visions for climate change and sustainability awareness to be a part of its national curricula in all phases of education, and the National Climate Change Education Strategy and Eco-Schools program illustrate strong policy support for the climate change education agenda. However, climate change education in UAE schools is nascent and currently faces several challenges.
Keywords
UAE, Climate Change Education (CCE), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), UNESCO, Ministry of Education (MOE)
Published online 6/20/2026, 5 pages
Copyright © 2026 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Alanood ALNUAIMI, Abdullah ALSHAMSI, Mariam ALSAAD, Mohammad Sayem MOZUMDER, Climate change coverage in the UAE national schools’ curricula, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 67, pp 994-998, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904176-135
The article was published as article 135 of the book Climate Action and Sustainability
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