The French Ministry of Education has provided resources for schools to encourage teachers and students to engage with the challenges of climate change. In participating schools, students vote for “éco-délégués’ (ecological representants), who are then supported by...
With support from the European Union, Sweden and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have encouraged a push for better climate and environmental education in Cambodia. As part of a broader effort to promote science and technology, Climate Change...
On November 5, 2019, Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti announced the intention to put climate change and sustainability at the core of Italy’s school curriculum. It aims to educate students of all ages about the world’s current...
TEDed has launched an online education program called Earth School which aims to take learners on a daily adventure or quest to understand more about the world we are living in.
From Earth Day (April 22nd) to World Environment Day (June 5th), every...
‘The World’s Largest Lesson was streamed live in June and can still be watched (see links below). Organized in collaboration with UNICEF and UNESCO, the 35 minutes session featured a panel of UNICEF celebrity supporters, students from around the globe,...
Education plays a key role in responding to climate change and the transition to a lower-carbon lifestyle. If every child enrolled in education could understand the main causes and consequences of climate change, and understand their own impacts as well as the...
UNESCO has developed recommendations ‘to prepare nations for change’ by equipping people with a broad base of knowledge, skills, dispositions and values about current and future climate change and its impact and mitigation. The advice focuses on how Climate Change...
