China: Eco Heroes in the national curriculum

有针对性地进行……生态文明教育、心理健康教育等（思政课建设意见 第5条“落实课程内容”）；严格落实《义务教育课程方案（2022年版）》和道德与法治课程标准（第4条）

Ideological-political courses (道德与法治 in compulsory education) must deliver targeted content including ecological-civilisation education, in strict line with the 2022 Curriculum Plan and the 道德与法治 standard.

Code: 教基〔2022〕5号 第4条、第5条

• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 15

• Ages 11–13

• SDG 12 · Ages 11–13 Fix it, don’t bin it

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why repairing and reusing products saves resources and money.
• SDG 13 · Ages 11–13 The greenhouse effect and our carbon footprint

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Choose 3 changes, ranked by how much difference and how easy they are.
• SDG 15 · Ages 11–13 Pollinator power

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Plan a bee-friendly space and explain how it helps.

整合小学原品德与生活、品德与社会和初中原思想品德为“道德与法治”，进行九年一体化设计

Former primary 'Morality and Life', 'Morality and Society' and lower-secondary 'Ideology and Morality' are merged into a single 'Morality and Rule of Law' course designed as one nine-year sequence.

• SDG 16

• Ages 6–10
• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

• SDG 16 · Ages 6–10 Peacemakers

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Suggest a fair solution that works for both sides.
• SDG 16 · Ages 11–13 Fair rules for everyone

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why communities need rules and what makes a rule fair.
• SDG 16 · Ages 14–16 Trust and accountability: how fair decisions are made

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why transparency, accountability and participation build trust in institutions.

基础教育阶段在政治、生物、地理、物理、化学等学科课程教材教学中普及碳达峰碳中和的基本理念和知识。

In basic education, the basic concepts and knowledge of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality are to be popularised in the curricula, textbooks and teaching of politics, biology, geography, physics, chemistry and other subjects.

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 三、（一）

• SDG 7
• SDG 13

• Ages 6–10
• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

• SDG 13 · Ages 6–10 Weather and climate: Earth’s warm blanket

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Describe, with a simple model, how gases around the Earth trap heat like a blanket.
• SDG 13 · Ages 11–13 The greenhouse effect and our carbon footprint

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain the greenhouse effect and how burning fossil fuels strengthens it.
• SDG 13 · Ages 14–16 From evidence to action: making a climate campaign

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Interpret climate data (CO₂ concentration and temperature) and explain the link.
• SDG 7 · Ages 11–13 Energy hunters: renewable and non-renewable

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Classify energy sources as renewable or non-renewable and explain the difference.

基础教育阶段在……地理……等学科课程教材教学中普及碳达峰碳中和的基本理念和知识；修订后……建构出学科活动与学科知识融为一体的地理学习内容体系

Carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality concepts are to be taught in Geography, and the 2022 Geography standard builds content that merges subject activities with subject knowledge.

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 三、（一）

• SDG 7
• SDG 11
• SDG 13

• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

• SDG 13 · Ages 11–13 The greenhouse effect and our carbon footprint

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain the greenhouse effect and how burning fossil fuels strengthens it.
• SDG 11 · Ages 11–13 Green spots in grey places

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain how green spaces help cities (cooler air, cleaner air, wildlife, well-being).
• SDG 7 · Ages 14–16 Planning the switch: the clean energy transition

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Use data to describe the global gap in electricity and clean cooking access.

基础教育阶段在……生物……等学科课程教材教学中普及碳达峰碳中和的基本理念和知识。

Carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality concepts are to be taught in Biology (e.g. carbon cycle, ecosystems).

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 三、（一）

• SDG 13
• SDG 15

• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

• SDG 13 · Ages 11–13 The greenhouse effect and our carbon footprint

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain the greenhouse effect and how burning fossil fuels strengthens it.
• SDG 15 · Ages 14–16 Pull one thread: food webs and extinction

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Model a food web and predict the effects of removing one species.

基础教育阶段在……物理、化学等学科课程教材教学中普及碳达峰碳中和的基本理念和知识。

Carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality concepts are to be taught in Physics and Chemistry (energy, fuels, emissions).

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 三、（一）

• SDG 7

• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

• SDG 7 · Ages 11–13 Energy hunters: renewable and non-renewable

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Classify energy sources as renewable or non-renewable and explain the difference.
• SDG 7 · Ages 14–16 Planning the switch: the clean energy transition

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why the energy transition is a whole-system change, not a single switch.

科学、综合实践活动开设起始年级提前至一年级

Science and comprehensive practical activities now start in Grade 1.

• SDG 6
• SDG 7
• SDG 15

• Ages 6–10

• SDG 15 · Ages 6–10 Minibeast safari

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Find, observe and record at least 5 living things in the school grounds.
• SDG 7 · Ages 6–10 Sun power

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Show that the Sun warms things up, using a simple test.
• SDG 6 · Ages 6–10 Every drop counts

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Show that only a tiny part of the Earth’s water is fresh water we can use.

设立跨学科主题学习活动，加强学科间相互关联

Interdisciplinary thematic learning activities are established to strengthen links between subjects.

1–17All 17 goals

• Ages 6–10
• Ages 11–13
• Ages 14–16

All 17 goals have a lesson plan in each of these age bands. For example:

• SDG 17 · Ages 11–13 The goals hold hands

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Build a connection web showing how progress on one goal helps others.
• SDG 17 · Ages 6–10 Better together

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Complete a team challenge that cannot be done alone.

将劳动、信息科技及其所占课时从综合实践活动课程中独立出来

Labour Education and Information Technology, with their class hours, become separate courses outside comprehensive practical activities.

• SDG 2
• SDG 12

• Ages 6–10
• Ages 11–13

• SDG 2 · Ages 6–10 From seed to plate

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Describe what a seed needs to grow (water, warmth, and light once it sprouts).
• SDG 12 · Ages 11–13 Fix it, don’t bin it

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Plan a repair or repurpose and present its ‘second life’.

引导中小学生从小树立人与自然和谐共生观念

Guide primary and secondary pupils from an early age to adopt the idea of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 三、（五）

• SDG 6
• SDG 12
• SDG 15

• Ages 6–10

• SDG 15 · Ages 6–10 Minibeast safari

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why every living thing matters in a habitat.
• SDG 6 · Ages 6–10 Every drop counts

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain one way to save water, such as fixing a dripping tap.
• SDG 12 · Ages 6–10 Bin detectives

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why making less rubbish helps the planet.

到2025年，绿色低碳生活理念与绿色低碳发展规范在大中小学普及传播，绿色低碳理念进入大中小学教育体系

By 2025, green low-carbon living concepts and norms are to be spread in all schools and enter the education system; by 2030, students' green low-carbon lifestyles and habits are to be systematically formed.

Code: 教发〔2022〕2号 二

• SDG 7
• SDG 12
• SDG 13

• Ages 11–13

• SDG 7 · Ages 11–13 Energy hunters: renewable and non-renewable

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Identify energy being wasted in a building and suggest fixes.
• SDG 13 · Ages 11–13 The greenhouse effect and our carbon footprint

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Choose 3 changes, ranked by how much difference and how easy they are.
• SDG 12 · Ages 11–13 Fix it, don’t bin it

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why repairing and reusing products saves resources and money.

推进生态文明教育纳入干部教育、党员教育、国民教育体系。通过全国生态日、环境日等多种形式加强生态文明宣传。

Ecological-civilisation education is to be built into the national education system, and promoted through National Ecology Day, Environment Day and other occasions.

Code: 美丽中国建设意见（三十二）

• SDG 13
• SDG 14
• SDG 15

• Ages 6–10

• SDG 15 · Ages 6–10 Minibeast safari

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Explain why every living thing matters in a habitat.
• SDG 14 · Ages 6–10 Ocean in a bottle

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Name 2 ways to keep rubbish out of the ocean.
• SDG 13 · Ages 6–10 Weather and climate: Earth’s warm blanket

  Pupils will be able to:

  • Name 2 actions that help the climate (walking, switching off, planting).