; and (4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. F Supporting the teaching of climate change in schools 40601. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) More than 80 percent of parents in the United States support the teaching of climate change. (2) 86 percent of teachers in the United States feel that climate change should be taught in schools. (3) 17 percent of teachers say they either do not have materials to teach climate change or they do not know enough about the subject to teach it. (4) Climate change is not a partisan or political issue. (5) There is a broad consensus among climate scientists that the human activities contributing to increases in greenhouse gas emissions are the dominant cause of climate change. (6) To meaningfully act upon our changing climate and changed world, young people need education about its causes, consequences, anticipated future impacts, and possible solutions. (7) Climate change is a social justice, racial justice, and human rights issue. (8) According to the National Center for Science Education, 37 States and the District of Columbia recognize human-caused climate change in their science education standards. (9) The National Science Teaching Association, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the National Association of Biology Teachers, and other professional organizations have called for greater support for science educators in teaching climate science and climate change. (10) In 2015, the California State PTA declared climate change a children’s issue. (11) In 2019, the California Association of School Psychologists declared climate change a potential threat to the psychological and social development of children. (12) Climate change is threatening students’ communities with intensifying natural disasters, increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, and other extreme weather threats. (13) Climate change disproportionately affects students of color and students in poverty, thereby exacerbating existing inequalities and limiting