Climate change education encompasses various interconnected components in order for fostering knowledge, skills and values to address climate crisis.

Knowledge acquisition (understanding science and policy), skill development (critical thinking and problem solving), attitude and behavioral change, values (social justice and ethical consideration) are some of the components of climate change education.

Seyyed Jafar Nejat

Currently, there is no universally accepted standardized questionnaire to assess the components of climate change education in higher education from the students' perspective. While various instruments can be found in the literature that measure individual aspects such as knowledge of climate change, attitudes, willingness to take action, and the perception of the inclusion of climate topics in curricula, most of these have been developed for specific research purposes and have often not undergone full psychometric validation. Existing tools, such as the Climate Change Attitude Survey (CCAS), can serve as a foundation, but their application requires adaptation to the local educational and cultural context. Given the importance of this issue in contemporary higher education, it is recommended to develop or adapt a questionnaire that would cover all relevant dimensions of climate change education, using standard methodological procedures to ensure the instrument's reliability and validity.