Abstract:

Education is generally a necessary condition for cognitive and behavioral development. Thanks to the information obtained, the individual is able to better adapt to the environment. Education strengthen people to actively influence the close environment and thus transform it. In the context of climate change, education can become a strong incentive for specific adaptation measures and at the same time can determine the degree of the climate change risks impact. In order to talk about education effectiveness, it must go through several dimensions of society at the same time. Changes at the institutional, social and political levels are a prerequisite for increasing resilience and empowerment of society. The authors of the article consider education in the field of climate change as an essential aspect of empowering the individual and an important prerequisite for reducing the vulnerability of communities and society as a whole. The aim of the article is to analyze examples of good practice in this area abroad and the possibilities of their use in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. At the same time, the article tries to point out that new information on how to deal with climate phenomena, how to prepare for life in conditions of a changing climate and the emergence of new problems associated with this area are necessary prerequisites for building a functional coping strategy.

Keywords:

Education, climate change, good practice, adaptation, resilience.