Since the beginning of the 21^st century, the world has been facing an increasing amount of environmental challenges: droughts, floods, degradation of forests, mass extinction of species, etc. The people who were born in the first decade of the century are now teenagers and young adults. They are the citizens of tomorrow, those who will become the decision-makers, managers, politicians and professionals shaping society in the next decades. That’s why it is a necessity to prepare them for the incoming challenges.

However, they are already aware of the issues, as many of them have been living with a feeling of emergency for most of their young lives. According to a survey by OECD, half of young Europeans consider climate change to be among the most serious problems facing the world. But how many of them are actually environmentally literate? Statistics show that the number of young people familiar with the topics of sustainability and climate change varies across European countries. Not everyone has the opportunity to receive an education on environmental matters and to acquire sustainability competence in school or inside their household.