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Global Learning in Subject Teaching: Framework and Toolkit Year of publication: 2020 Author: Katarzyna Dzięciołowska | Anna Wojtych Corporate author: Center for Citizenship Education (CCE) | Global Issues Global Subjects The brochure 'Global Learning in Subject Teaching: Framework and Toolkit' has been developed as a proposal for teachers, educators and educational institutions on how to reach pupils with Global Learning.In its practical part, the brochure provides the reader with a toolkit of 20 ready-to-use lesson plans for subject lessons where the subject curriculum topics are linked with global issues such as migration, climate change and gender equality. 
Seeds of Hope Year of publication: 2020 Author: Aarya Chavda Corporate author: UNESCO At an age of 10, author and illustrator of her 3 books, Aarya Chavda extends her support by donating her art proceeds to fundraise for the welfare of underpriviledge Cancer patients.Through her campaign on 'Preservation of Cultural Heritage', She also demonstrates her commitment and contributes in spreading awareness through her programs at government and private institutions.In this series of narrative illustrations, she portrays that climate change will not occur at some point in the distance future - "It is happening her and now". She urges everyone to treasure this thought of saving our planet for the future generation. 
Changing Minds, Not the Climate: UNESCO Mobilizes to Address the Climate Crisis Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO The climate crisis is the challenge of the century. Scientific reports, including those of UNESCO, one after another describe increasingly pessimistic scenarios. All experts agree on one thing: we are in a race against time. A race to try to reserve our natural habitat in all of its beauty and diversity, to protect our ecosystems and natural resources and to pass them on to future generations. A race to mitigate the destructive effects of climate change and find the most appropriate innovative solutions.The disruptions caused by climate change are already part of our daily lives and trigger social, political, geopolitical and humanitarian upheavals. The climate crisis is not only threatening our ecosystems, it is also undermining fundamental rights, widening inequalities and creating new injustices. That is why ethical imperative must guide our action. Beyond the political and legal agreements essential to preparing for the future, change involves a shift in mindset, a different way of considering the place of humans in nature. This challenge mobilizes all resources, including education, research and creativity. It is an ethical and humanistic commitment. This is UNESCO’s mandate, and it is a matter of urgency. 
Eighth National Communication and Fifth Biennial Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNDP Kazakhstan The 8th National Communication and the 5th Biennial Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was prepared by a group of national experts under a joint project of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility. The publication contains all available information on climate change issues in accordance with internationally available guidance. Information from open sources, data from national and international organizations, including governmental departments and agencies were used for composing this report. 
Improving Knowledge of Central Asian Glaciers and Their Resilience to Climate Change Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO Almaty | Global Environment Facility (GEF) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) The planned project under the Global Environment Facility and jointly with the UN Development Programme aims to improve the knowledge and monitoring of all key components of the cryosphere: glaciers, snow and permafrost, and support practical climate adaptation measures in the five nations of Central Asia. 
Issue to Action: Mathematics; Teaching Toolkit for a Fairer World Year of publication: 2021 Author: Corinne Angier Corporate author: Scotdec | European Union (EU) Current global issues provide a rich and real life context for applying what is learned in Maths. How can we hold informed issues on such issues as inequality, climate change or migration without critically engaging with the statistics behind them? Maths has a key role to play in helping us to analyse the numbers, but also to understand how and why these numbers can be manipulated to suit different agendas.The materials in this resource have been tested in Scottish classrooms. They focus on climate change, gender equality and migration. 
UNESCO-UNEVOC Medium-Term Strategy for 2021-2023: Strengthening TVET Capacities and Cooperation in the Member States Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC) The Medium-Term Strategy for 2021-2023 (MTS-III) sets out how UNESCO-UNEVOC will support TVET institutions to meet the demands of dynamic labour markets and provide quality skills training for a sustainable future of work. MTS-III focuses on developing the capacities of TVET leaders, supporting TVET institutions in implementing change programmes, and facilitating knowledge sharing and peer learning within the UNEVOC Network. 
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) The 2020 edition of the UN World Water Development Report addresses the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of sustainable development. It also serves as a guide for concrete actions to address these challenges. It outlines actions, supported by examples from across the world, in three areas: first, enabling people to adapt to the impacts of climate change; second, improving the resilience of livelihoods; and, third, reducing the drivers of climate change. Critically, measures to improve the efficiency of water use in agriculture is inextricably linked to multiple SDGs. These include those related to zero hunger (SDG 2), availability and access to water (SDG 6), climate action (SDG 13), and promoting the sustainable use of ecosystem services (SDG 15).The Report concludes that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require substantial changes in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources. The experience and expertise needed to achieve this goal are brought together in the Report through UN-Water’s Members and Partners. It will support policy makers in tackling the challenges of climate change by harnessing the wide-ranging opportunities that improved water management offers for adaptation, mitigation and resilience in a rapidly changing world. 
[Summary] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change; Executive Summary Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) The 2020 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) addresses the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. The report is not meant to be a purely technical examination of the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle. Rather, the report focuses on the challenges, opportunities and potential responses to climate change – in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience – that can be addressed through improving how water resources are management and used, while providing water supply and sanitation services for all in a sustainable manner. In doing so, the report tackles two of the most critical crises the world will continue facing over the next several decades: Water (in)security and climate change. 
Summit of the Future Outcome Document: Pact for the Future, Global Digital Compact, and Declaration on Future Generations Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) At the Summit of the Future on 22 September 2024, world leaders adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. This Pact is the culmination of a years-long process to adapt international cooperation to the realities of today and the challenges of tomorrow. The hard work of implementation begins immediately. The adoption of the Pact demonstrates that countries are committed to an international system with the United Nations at its center. Leaders set out a clear vision of a multilateralism that can deliver on its promises, is more representative of today’s world and draws on the engagement and expertise of governments, civil society and other key partners.