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Environmental Education Research Volume 25, 2019 - Issue 6: Climate Change Education and Research
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Climate change education and research: possibilities and potentials versus problems and perils?

Alan ReidMonash University, Clayton, VIC, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 767-790 | Received 01 Jun 2019, Accepted 08 Sep 2019, Published online: 24 Sep 2019

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Figure 1. Action for climate empowerment guidelines—scope and objectives (Source: UNESCO and UNFCCC, 2016, p. 3, based on UNFCCC, 2005, Article 6).

Figure 1. Action for climate empowerment guidelines—scope and objectives (Source: UNESCO and UNFCCC, 2016, p. 3, based on UNFCCC, 2005, Article 6).

Figure 2. Three functions of education, and their intersections (Source: Biesta, Citation2013).

Figure 2. Three functions of education, and their intersections (Source: Biesta, Citation2013).

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