This comprehensive and authoritative handbook, the second of a two-volume series, brings together leading scholars to advance understanding of climate change education as a rapidly evolving and interdisciplinary field. While Volume 1 focused on foundational perspectives related to policy, curriculum, pedagogy, teacher education, informal learning, and climate communication, Volume 2 extends this work through critical examinations of justice, power, socio-ecological systems, ethical decision making, political action, multispecies futures, and the role of aesthetics and imagination in responding to climate change. Across diverse formal and informal learning contexts, the chapters address climate challenges from local to global scales and offer theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical, and empirical insights. By bridging research, policy, and practice, this volume provides an essential resource for researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to advance transformative and equitable approaches to climate change education. 

Asli Sezen-Barrie is the Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair and Professor at the University of California, Irvine, USA where she leads the statewide Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs). Sezen-Barrie’s scholarship advances community-connected climate and science education by integrating learning sciences, instructional sensemaking, and humanistic data practices to address sociological challenges and support youth and community action for flourishing futures in a changing world.

Sara Tolbert is Professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where she leads the Science Education Research Group and co-directs the Science Education in the Anthropocene Impact Lab. Tolbert’s scholarship is transdisciplinary, drawing from critical theory, curriculum studies, feminist science studies, and participatory (citizen/activist) sciences to reimagine science education.