ESD Zoom Newsletters: COP22 Climate Action

ESD Zoom Newsletter

 

COP22: Climate Action

- COP22 advocates central role for education in international response to climate change

- Education is key for green future says UNESCO Director-General at COP22

- UNESCO launches two new publications

 

International Events

- First UNESCO Symposium on the Future of ESD held in Japanese town

- ESD Prize 2016 awarded by UNESCO's Director-General in Paris

- "Future of Education and Skills" meeting discusses conceptual learning framework and competencies

 

On the Ground

- In Ecuador, UNESCO launches Spanish version of "Tanah", a free game app to respond to earthquakes and tsunamis

- Local communities in Tanzania learn to mitigate climate change

- Promoting ESD through Community Learning Centres in Viet Nam

 

GAP Key Partners

- New app to discover the SDGs and share sustainable actions

- OMEP launches Resource Bank on Early Childhood Education and ESD

- Beijing International Forum on ESD gathers more than 300 experts

- ESD guidelines for schools developed by Japan now availiable in English

- Listen to Hilary Ewang Ngide speak about the commitment to the GAP of his organization CCREAD-Cameroon, following the winning of the UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD

- "Empowering the teacher of tomorrow" at LTN Conference in Tallinn