across the United States. (10) Only 30 percent of middle school science teachers and 45 percent of high school science teachers understand the extent of the scientific consensus on climate change. (11) Section 4002(a) of the America COMPETES Act ( 33 U.S.C. 893a(a) ) requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal educational activities at all levels . (12) The existing Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was established in 2005 by the Bush administration as a backbone to an agency effort to advance sound environmental education for children and adults. (13) Expanding the popular Environmental Literacy Program (less than 5 percent of applications in 2020 received funding) to include climate education for professional educators and students is within the established expertise of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and will effectively leverage critical resources for foundational learning and career preparation. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Climate change education The term climate change education means nonformal and formal interdisciplinary learning at all age levels about— (A) climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, climate resilience, and climate justice