England region plans world-first for climate change teaching

School strikes have thrust young people to the forefront of climate activism. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesA region of northern England plans to become the first place in the world to have a UN-accredited climate change teacher in every state primary and secondary school.Jamie Driscoll, the new mayor of the North of Tyne combined authority, said every school in the area would have the opportunity to train a member of staff to give lessons on global heating and the impact of the climat