An external provider will be paid £3.9 million to help education settings implement the government’s climate change strategy – including recruiting and managing a team of expert volunteers to provide advice.
An early tender for the ‘sector engagement and support’ contract shows the successful bidder will “identify appropriate experts” to help schools, colleges and other education providers develop their own climate action plans.
The government said that by 2025 every education setting would need to nominate a “sustainability lead” to oversee the plans, in its strategy published last year.
The plans are expected to cover decarbonisation and energy efficiency, “adaptation and resilience”, biodiversity and green infrastructure, as well as climate education and green skills and careers.
