Warmist John Ashton: You know who should be participating in a debate about our energy future? Brainwashed eight-year-olds!

Climate change: our sin of omission | John Ashton

Removing climate change from the curriculum denies children the right to participate in the debate about their own future
...If anyone has a right to be informed about what is at stake at this threshold, it is today's children. Equally, what is now clear is that their voices – already speaking out – need to be heard more than ever.
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I recently had the privilege of leading a lesson on climate change for a class of eight-year-olds. I had asked each to bring a relevant object from home. One brought a slice of bread. He explained: "To make bread you need wheat. To grow wheat you need the right amount of sunshine, and the right amount of rain." The argument that eight-year-olds, let alone 14-year-olds, are too young to learn about climate change is patronising.

John Ashton

John Ashton is the Foreign Office's special representative for climate change