Opinion: B.C. is failing its students on climate education

Vancouver Sun · last updated May 5, 2026 – 4:44 PM

Our children are worried about it, too. In a 2023 study of 1,000 Canadian young people (aged 16-25), 73 per cent of respondents reported that thinking about the future is frightening, and 78 per cent reported that climate change impacts their overall mental health. With these high levels of climate anxiety and misinformation spreading, B.C.’s gap in climate education leaves young people vulnerable, unable to separate fact from fiction or advocate for their own futures.

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