UNESCO-UNFCCC Webinar #7: Getting Ready to Scale Up Climate Change Education at COP27 |
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 | From April to September, UNESCO-UNFCCC hosted the first six webinars of eight for the Webinar Series, Climate Change Education for Social Transformation: On the Road to COP27, which is dedicated to the goal of greening every education policy and curriculum to be climate ready. Taking place on the last Tuesday of every month, each episode will explore the critical role of climate change education, and how to harness its transformative power, in leading up to COP27. The seventh session, Getting Ready to Scale Up Climate Change Education at COP27, takes place on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 from 10:00 - 11:00 CET, and reviews the gaps, challenges, and opportunities in promoting climate change education for social transformation in education and sustainable development policies and curriculums. The discussion will present concrete strategies to promote the greening of every education policy and curriculum, particularly around COP27.
The session will be in English with interpretation in French.
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Save the date: Climate Change Education Events at 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) |
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 | The complexities of climate change require a holistic approach, which UNESCO provides though its longstanding expertise combining science, education, culture, and communication and information. UNESCO will organize and join a series of events and exhibitions to bring this expertise to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) which takes place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from 6-18 November 2022.
We invite those interested to save the date for the following climate change education events at COP27. We will disseminate additional information along with livestream links in the coming weeks.
Youth Demand Quality Climate Education: Ministerial Session on Climate Education
Date: Thursday, 10 November 2022 (Youth/Future Generation Day)
Time: 16:00-17:30 EET
Inaugural Meeting on Greening Education Partnership: Getting Every Learner Climate-ready
Date: Thursday, 10 November 2022 (Youth/Future Generations Day)
Time: 12:30-13:30 EET
Location: UNESCO Pavilion in Green zone
Youth Demand Quality Climate Education: Outcome of Global Survey
Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022 (ACE Day)
Time: 14:30-15:30 EET
Location: UNESCO Pavilion in Green zone
Climate Change Education for Social Transformation: On the Road to COP28
Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022 (ACE Day)
Time: 10:00-10:45 EET
Location: UAE Pavilion in Blue zone |
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ESD for 2030 Global Network |
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UNESCO Launched the ESD for 2030 Global Network |
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 | On 4 October 2022, hundreds came together online to participate in the launch webinar of UNESCO’s ESD for 2030 Global Network (ESD-Net 2030). With the support of the Government of Japan, UNESCO’s new network aims to facilitate the implementation of the ESD for 2030 framework and its Roadmap by enhancing knowledge sharing, collaboration, mutual learning, advocacy, monitoring, and evaluation, among a wide range of education stakeholders. The launch webinar introduced the objective and planned activities of the Network and featured interventions from several Member States as well as an interactive session highlighting the relationship between culture and sustainability.
The first session of the webinar provided an overview of the ESD for 2030 Country Initiatives – country plans that map, mobilize and create synergies among ongoing and new ESD activities that Member States are currently developing and implementing as part of the ESD for 2030 Roadmap. In the second half of the webinar, as part of ESD-Net 2030’s series of global interactive learning workshops on ESD pedagogy, Ki Culture highlighted the unique role of art and culture in mainstreaming ESD. Participants were then encouraged to try out some of these practices and prepare a short video or photo essay of their experiences.
ESD-Net 2030's call to action not only sets a precedent for potential collaboration on ESD, but also mobilizes key stakeholders to accelerate initiatives centered on promoting and implementing ESD and efforts aimed at overcoming common local, national, and regional challenges.
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Call for Submissions: Participate in the ESD-Net 2030 Culture and Sustainability Stakeholder Activity |
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 | As part of the ESD-Net 2030 activities to promote and implement ESD for 2030, UNESCO aims to gather and share practices for sustainable development through culture, arts and communication. Utilizing the guiding notes and examples learned during Session 2: Culture and Sustainability, UNESCO seeks to understand how stakeholders have leveraged culture and the arts in informal learning spaces, the classroom, the workplace and beyond.
Submissions may be selected by UNESCO to present their experiences at the next ESD-Net Interactive Workshop planned for February 2023. The presentation may also be highlighted on the next ESD Newsletter and other social media and communications channels.
In order to participate, follow the submission instructions and guidelines. |
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UN Transforming Education Summit Reaffirms the Need for Education for Sustainable Development |
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 | The UN Transforming Education Summit (TES), which took place from 16-19 September in New York, reaffirmed the critical role that education plays in responding to these global challenges as over 130 countries heed the call to reimagine key transformative elements essential to ensuring that education contributes to building peaceful societies, a healthy planet, and shared progress that benefits all. On the occasion of the 3-day summit, world leaders highlighted the central role of ESD in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges during the parallel session, Greening Education Partnership: Getting Every Learner Climate-Ready, which took place on 17 September – Solutions Day; as well as the spotlight session, Transforming education to transform the world: Learning to live together sustainably, which took place on 19 September – Leaders Day. Leaders Day brought a close to the UN Transforming Education Summit, which led to a slew of announcements containing new, tangible commitments made by Member States to transform education through holistic, inclusive, and forward-thinking policies and practices. As the UN specialized agency for education, UNESCO will carry this momentum forward to achieve the global objective of quality education for all by 2030.
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Cultivating co-existence through sustainable waste management in Zimbabwe |
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 | Do you think humans and monkeys can co-exist in the same place without harming each other? For Marymount Teachers College, a teachers training college located in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, the answer would be “yes”. That is because ESD workshops and training sessions have allowed members of the community to learn how to preserve and respect their environment.
One of Marymount Teachers College’s most pressing challenges is its production of excessive waste. Human settlement has been increasing over the years in parallel with additional waste and littering, disrupting local ecosystems. Coexistence with primates has therefore become strained.
In order to promote sustainable management of waste, Gilbert Nyabadza and Vimbayi Matsongoni, two lecturers at Marymount College, established that there was a danger of primates and humans spreading diseases to each other, as well as unfettered urban expansion which exposes animals to poisonous foods and other waste materials. They concluded that solutions must be implemented to restore balance to the ecosystem. While efforts have been made to promote animal rights, the community decided to explore alternative solutions to foster meaningful co-habitation with wildlife and nature.
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The Green Office Movement is Sprouting New Offices Across Europe |
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 | In 2015, the Green Office Model piloted by the Students Organizing for Sustainability International (formerly known as rootAbility) received the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development, a biennial prize that honors outstanding projects that advance the role of education in connecting the social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Funded by the Government of Japan, the Prize consists of three biennial awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient to further advance ESD.
In 2022, Green Office Gent was the host of the BelGO meet-up for all Belgian Green Offices. This meet-up was organized together with the Flemish Government’s environmental department.
More than 80 Green Offices around the world aim to give students a voice for sustainability at their institutions, while also helping students develop themselves professionally. To support Green Offices, the Green Office Movement (GOM) offers membership and national and international networking opportunities.
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UNESCO promotes ESD in Madagascar |
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 | 77 new pedagogical materials on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and natural resources management have been co-developed, designed and will be integrated in the new Malagasy school curricula for grades T1, T4 and T7.
The activity of the UNESCO project, “Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Integrated Community Development in National Parks of Madagascar (BIOCOM)”, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), started in April this year when 52 teachers and educators at the Ministry of National Education (MEN) identified the values of ESD and themes that would be integrated into the new school curricula. Consequently, a validation workshop was held on 8-12 August 2022 to finalize pedagogical resources and tools development on ESD and natural resources management.
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World's Largest Lesson: Give Students A Voice on Education |
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 | Are you 35 years old or younger? If so, The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) would like to get your take on youth and climate change given that youth underpins most of the work done by the initiative.
How can UN CC:Learn design and deliver content and products in a way that further empowers young people to act on climate change? Take the 10-minute survey to share your views will help shape their work moving forward.
The survey is available in 7 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
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