The OECD’s Shift Toward Environmental Sustainability: Assessing The Agency in the Anthropocene Report

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently deepened its engagement with environmental issues, introducing a new vision in The Agency in the Anthropocene report. This vision underpins the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 framework. This study critically examines the new vision, identifying three key advancements: (1) the centrality of the environment, (2) a call for radical societal change, and (3) a proposed shift in worldviews. Notably, this marks the first time the OECD has challenged the dominant worldview rooted in Western individualism. However, a critical omission remains: the lack of measurement tools for assessing students’ worldviews. Despite the availability of established instruments, such as nature connectedness scales, the OECD has yet to incorporate them. Addressing this gap is essential to sustaining the shift in worldviews and refining the new vision’s implementation.