Climate change will still not be taught in English primary schools/The Guardian

After months of angst and debate over the omission of the term “climate change” from the draft version of the new geography curriculum for key stages 1-3, the Department for Education has today released the new wording.

The two versions remain virtually word-for-word the same, except for this section of the key stage 3 “subject content”. Under the head “human and physical geography”, the draft wording (pdf), first published in March, said that pupils should be taught to:

…understand how human and physical processes interact to have an impact on and form distinctive landscapes.

The new version (pdf) has now been amended to say:

…understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jul/08/climate-change-geography-national-curriculum