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NDM8370 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal – A Bill on climate assurance for children and young people

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Meeting: 17/01/2024 - Plenary (Item 5)

Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal – A Bill on climate assurance for children and young people

NDM8370 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on climate assurance for children and young people. 

2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to: 

a) amend the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 to ensure the school curriculum includes an understanding of the severity and urgency of the climate crisis and ecological emergency as a key concept across all areas of learning and experience;

b) ensure the curriculum reflects the urgency and necessity of tackling the climate crisis and protecting the ecological environment;

c) ensure that such teaching is not confined to traditional subjects that cover this area, but is embedded across all areas of learning and experience;

d) recognise the importance of subliminal learning and promote a sustainable environment in which learning can take place; and

e) begin to address climate anxiety amongst children and young people.

Minutes:

The item started at 15.37

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM8370 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on climate assurance for children and young people. 

2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to: 

a) amend the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 to ensure the school curriculum includes an understanding of the severity and urgency of the climate crisis and ecological emergency as a key concept across all areas of learning and experience;

b) ensure the curriculum reflects the urgency and necessity of tackling the climate crisis and protecting the ecological environment;

c) ensure that such teaching is not confined to traditional subjects that cover this area, but is embedded across all areas of learning and experience;

d) recognise the importance of subliminal learning and promote a sustainable environment in which learning can take place; and

e) begin to address climate anxiety amongst children and young people.

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

22

17

13

52

The motion was agreed.