Whereas, to respond meaningfully to our rapidly changing climate, youth must be educated about the causes, ongoing effects, and current and potential solutions for the changing climate; Whereas confronting the challenges of a changing climate requires bipartisan effort focused on educating and empowering future generations; Whereas the impacts of climate-related disasters threaten the physical and mental safety of students by keeping them out of school, damaging infrastructure, and exacerbating Adverse Childhood Experiences; Whereas, in 2021, the National Association of School Psychologists passed a resolution declaring that climate change negatively impacts the mental health of youth and asserting that climate education is a key factor in supporting student agency, self-efficacy, and resilience; Whereas climate change disproportionately affects the fundamental rights of children to a climate system capable of sustaining human life, and which is preservative of fundamental rights, including the rights to life, liberty, property, and education; Whereas failing to provide climate education to all students in our Nation worsens an existing education gap and limits career opportunities, exacerbating the impact of environmental pollution, redlining, and sacrifice zones; Whereas K–12 climate education has widespread support, and according to a recent National Public Radio survey, 84 percent of parents with children under 18 years of age and 86 percent of teachers in the United States support climate education; Whereas, according to a 2021 national Yale Climate Communications survey, teaching about global warming is 1 of 3 most supported climate policy solutions, with 77 percent of respondents in support; Whereas research suggests that implementing climate education at a national scale can reduce emissions at the same magnitude as solar panels and electric vehicles