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Are pre-schoolers too young to be taught about sustainability?
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Educating children about sustainability may be a daunting task as they may not have the literacy skills or awareness to grasp complex topics.
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Coreen Soh
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It is the year 2050, and imagine if worst-case climate scenarios have come true. Face masks have become necessary to combat rampant air pollution. Noxious fumes poison the outside world, and the forests that once helped to absorb carbon dioxide are engulfed in wildfire. For about 45 days a year, temperatures soar to above 60 deg C in the hottest parts of the world, making it impossible to stay outside for more than six hours at a time.
Thankfully, this apocalyptic future is still a projection outlined by Paris climate accords negotiators Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac in their 2020 book The Future We Choose. But if emissions are not curbed, it could become reality for our children, who will be in the prime of their lives in 2050.
