Keywords: climate change; climate education; European Green Deal; sustainable development competencies; green recovery; climate change adaptation

The development of climate education is a crucial factor in shaping the competencies required for implementing Ukraine's green reconstruction, adapting to climate change, and achieving climate neutrality. It is substantiated that, in the context of increasing climate risks and transformations in global climate policy, education plays a system-forming role in ensuring the climate resilience of society and the economy. It is demonstrated that solving these tasks necessitates the systematic integration of educational, scientific, and practical approaches to foster interdisciplinary knowledge and skills. The results of implementing summer schools and workshops within the framework of the UniCities and New European Bauhaus Academy projects, which tested educational formats based on the challenge-based learning methodology and the living labs concept, are presented. These formats provide a combination of learning, research, and practice, contributing to the development of competencies provided by the European GreenComp system: systems thinking, cooperation, innovation, and the ability to act. It is demonstrated that interdisciplinary educational practices centered on real-world cases of green reconstruction enhance the readiness of future specialists to develop and implement adaptive, nature-oriented solutions in local communities. It is noted that climate education acts as a catalyst for the implementation of adaptive and nature-oriented solutions at the local level, enhancing the effectiveness of climate services and management practices. It has been proven that the development of climate education should become a strategic priority in the post-war green transformation of Ukraine and in increasing the state's climate resilience. The scientific novelty of the study lies in identifying climate education as a strategic tool for post-war green transformation in Ukraine, which ensures synergy between science, education, culture, and the practice of sustainable development.

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