For 30 years, governments acknowledged climate change education as necessary to adapt to and mitigate climate change's global effects. Despite that assertion, few governments have taken meaningful action to increase climate change education in schools. 2021 could be a transformational year for climate change education, as countries like Italy have made it compulsory in the classroom, the G-20 Education Minister's Meeting takes place in June, and the UN climate conference (COP26) takes place this November.