People with higher education are more likely to see climate change as a major threat. This column analyzes changes in climate-related attitudes and behaviors following reforms of national compulsory schooling laws in Europe that increased average educational attainment to see if education actually causes climate attitudes. Compared to the current state, an additional year of education leads to an increase of 4.5 % in pro-climate opinions, 7.8 % in behavior, 1.2 % in political preferences, and 28.2 % in voting for the Green Party. Expanding public education should be added to the approaches being considered to address climate change. (Noam Angrist, Kevin Winseck)