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Climate change starter's guidebook: an issues guide for education planners and practitioners Year of publication: 2011 Author: Alejandro Deeb | Amber French | Julia Heiss | Jason Jabbour | Dominique LaRochelle | Arkadiy Levintanus | Anna Kontorov | Rummukainen Markku | Gerardo Sanchez Martinez | Rosalyn McKeown | Nicolay Paus | Antoine Pecoud | Guillaume Pénisson | Daniel Puig | Vanessa Retana | Serban Scrieciu | Morgan Strecker | Vimonmas Vachatimanont | Benjamin Witte | Noriko Yamada. Corporate author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Climate Change Starter’s Guide provides an introduction and overview for education planners and practitioners on the wide range of issues relating to climate change and climate change education, including causes, impacts, mitigation and adaptation strategies, as well as some broad political and economic principles. The aim of this guide is to serve as a starting point for mainstreaming climate change education into school curricula. It has been created to enable education planners and practitioners to understand the issues at hand, to review and analyse their relevance to particular national and local contexts, and to facilitate the development of education policies, curricula, programmes and lesson plans. The guide covers four major thematic areas: 1. the science of climate change, which explains the causes and observed changes; 2. the social and human aspects of climate change including gender, health, migration, poverty and ethics; 3. policy responses to climate change including measures for mitigation and adaptation; and 4. education approaches including education for sustainable development, disaster reduction and sustainable lifestyles. A selection of key resources in the form of publication titles or websites for further reading is provided after each of the thematic sections. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provides its expertise and know-how in areas such as education, culture, and the social sciences. In particular, UNESCO emphasises the role of education in support of climate change adaptation and mitigation in providing skills and capacities but also through shaping the values, attitudes and behaviours needed to put the world on a more sustainable path. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) works with countries to strengthen their ability to adapt to climate change, move towards low-carbon growth, reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, improve understanding of climate science, and raise public awareness of the changing climate. UNEP is supporting countries to seize the opportunities of moving towards low-carbon growth, while improving human health and well-being, generating green jobs and moving towards a green economy. With this publication, the two organizations have embarked on a collaboration on climate change education that we are committed to building upon and expanding in the period ahead. Fostering peaceful co-existence through analysis and revision of history curricula and textbooks in Southeast Europe: preliminary stocktaking report Year of publication: 2006 Author: Jean Damascène Gasanabo | Jade Maître Corporate author: UNESCO To accomplish this aim, the study reviews policies and processes for developing history curricula and producing history textbooks in ten participating countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The resulting report has been compiled for the dual purpose of (1) presenting a composite picture of the educational policies and practices in these countries with regard to history teaching and textbook production, distribution and use; (2) laying the groundwork for the development of national and/or sub-regional initiatives aimed at improving the processes currently in place. 
EIU Best Practice Series No.8: Integrating international human rights standards into school curriculum, textbooks, teachers' guides and school climate in Cambodia Year of publication: 2007 Author: Seungmi Lee | Hyewon Jung Corporate author: APCEIU It goes without saying that the aftermath of the war brings various challenges such as poverty, displacement, disability, destroyed culture, etc. and it is of critical importance that it should be well-remedied to preclude its recurrence. In this regard, value education and human rights education are considered crucial and to my mind, so is the educational role that religion can play. Although religions have harmonized the impaired society, but generally they have not been appreciated by their ignorant disciples or followers. Thus, value education is considered to be able to play a crucial role. It is in this context that human rihts education is gaining currency in Cambodia in recent years and has been implemented gradually. 
UNESCO GCED eNewsletter Issue 2 Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO Featuring:Taking Global Citizenship Education a step furtherGCED endorsed as target of the education SDG at the United Nations SummitGCED: Topics and Learning ObjectivesEDD event: UNESCO-UNRWA session on GCEDCapacity-building workshops-providing assistance for GCED implementationGCED for West African countries – building on peace and human rights educationTool for writing textbooks free of prejudiceOrientation and Capacity Building on GCED for Latin American and Caribbean countriesKey tweetsUpcoming events 
Le réSEAU en action: citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable: guide à l'intention des élèves Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Le guide « Le réSEAU en action : Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable » à l’intention des élèves a pour but d’initier les élèves du secondaire à l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale (ECM) et à l’éducation en vue du développement durable (EDD), et de leur proposer des idées et des activités pour qu’ils contribuent activement à la construction d’un monde plus pacifique et durable. Le guide s’appuie sur les discussions et les activités de près de 1 100 participants originaires de 104 pays, notamment des coordinnateurs nationaux du réSEAU, des chefs d’établissement, des enseignants, des élèves et des experts qui ont contribué à la plateforme collaborative en ligne « Le réSEAU en action : Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable » en 2014 et 2015 [http://fr.unesco.org/aspnet/globalcitizens/]. Le guide à l’intention des élèves : donne une idée de ce que signifie « être un citoyen du monde » ainsi que des suggestions pour contribuer au développement durable ; propose des idées pour agir vous-mêmes dans votre foyer, dans votre école, dans votre communauté, dans votre pays et dans le monde ; présente une sélection d’activités sur l’ECM et l’EDD mises en œuvre par des écoles du réSEAU du monde entier. 
Le réSEAU en action: Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable: guide à l'intention des enseignants Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Le guide à l’intention des enseignants : donne aux élèves une idée de ce que signifie pour eux « devenir des citoyens du monde » ainsi que des suggestions pour contribuer au développement durable ; propose des idées d’activités en classe pour aider les élèves du secondaire à développer des connaissances, des compétences, des valeurs, des attitudes et des comportements en faveur de l’ECM et de l’EDD ; présente une sélection d’activités sur l’ECM et l’EDD mises en œuvre par les écoles du réSEAU du monde entier. Asia-Pacific guidelines for the development of national ESD indicators Year of publication: 2007 Author: Daniella Tilbury | Sonja Janousek | Derek Elias | Joel Bacha Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok UNESCO Bangkok, with assistance from the Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in conjunction with Macquarie University in Australia, implemented a project to assist with the important task of monitoring and assessing progress during the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). This process has been funded by the generous contribution of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under the Japanese Funds-In-Trust for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The DESD provides an important opportunity to enhance the profile of ESD in both formal and informal learning spaces which in turn assists UNESCO Member States with the transformation into sustainable societies. Efforts to promote and integrate ESD at all levels will be key to advancing the reach of the Decade.Responding to the DESD International Implementation Scheme’s (IIS) recommendation to develop indicators (see Appendix 1), the Asia-Pacific DESD Indicators Project commenced in March 2006. The first stage of the project has resulted in the publication of this Guidelines document which assists UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region with the development of ESD indicators and monitoring systems at the national level.The document is intended to provide an important practical resource for UNESCO National Commissions, in addition to other stakeholders, in the area of ESD indicator development. By outlining how to develop national ESD indicators, the Guidelines offers an effective way of building knowledge and increasing ownership of the Decade among stakeholders. Rather than deliver a pre-packaged set of ESD indicators, this document provides countries with a foundation for developing indicators that are relevant to their national contexts.The objectives of the Guidelines are:• To assist with understanding the nature of ESD indicators and the different approaches for their use;• To identify the different types of ESD indicators and what they may reveal about progress;• To identify important sources, methods and planning tools for both data collection and reporting;• To encourage UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region to work collaboratively, share experiences and learn about meaningful monitoring and assessment during and beyond the DESD; and• To build national capacity to develop ESD indicators and ESD data collection mechanisms at the national level 
Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the event organized by Albania, Jordan and the Holy See: Fighting radicalization and extremism through Education; United Nations General Assembly 2016; New York, 20 September 2016 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This address was presented by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the event organized by Albania, Jordan and the Holy See. 
Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Citizen Forum; Monaco, 8 October 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This address was delivered by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Citizen Forum. 
Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 21 September 2013 Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This is the message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 21 September 2013.