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World Heritage: Testimonies to Our Humanity Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO The Convention for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage is an international agreement based on the principle that some places on Earth embody outstanding universal value that should be part of the shared heritage of humankind. UNESCO recognizes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value, and protects them for the benefit of all. As a basis for mutual understanding and dialogue, the responsibility for protecting our shared heritage requires cooperation among all States Parties as well as civil society, local communities and the private sector. The idea of reconciling the conservation of cultural sites with that of natural sites originated in the United States of America. A White House conference in Washington, D.C., in 1965 called for the creation of a “World Heritage Foundation” that would stimulate international cooperation to protect “the most extraordinary places, landscapes, and historic sites for the present and future of all mankind.” In 1968, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) made similar proposals to its members. These proposals were presented at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972. Eventually, all parties concerned agreed on a single text. The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. In recognizing both cultural and natural aspects of heritage, the Convention reminds us of the interaction between human beings and nature and the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two. 
Evaluation of UNESCO’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO This evaluation report summarises the findings of a comprehensive evaluation on how UNESCO has adapted and responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. It describes and assesses the relevance and effectiveness of UNESCO’s programmatic response across all of its Sectors, and reviews how efficiently the Organization adapted itself to ensure business continuity during the pandemic. With an overall focus on learning, the evaluation identified a series of lessons and useful innovations made during the pandemic. The report’s five recommendations aim to guide UNESCO towards sustaining useful innovations and further increasing the crisis resilience of its operations and programme. 
Environmental Education And Its Relationship to Sustainable Development for High School Students (Journal of College of Education; vol. 2, no. 41) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Ahmed Hassan | Batool Salman Corporate author: Wasit University The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between environmental education and sustainable development for students of the Fourth Scientific in secondary schools and high schools in Baghdad day schools. To achieve this, the researchers sought to answer the following questions:- There is no statistically significant difference between the average scores for the sample and the hypothetical average of the sustainable development scale that includes the environmental, economic and social dimensions.- There is no statistically significant difference between the mean scores for the sampleand the hypothetical mean for the scale of environmental education In order to answer the study questions, (6) schools were chosen with (3) schools, including the Baghdad College for Boys Secondary School and (3) schools for girls in the random class method from the research community, and then the sample was approved in the random manner, as one division was chosen from the people The fourth scientific grade in each of these schools is random, after which the students from the people were randomly chosen, so that the number of the members of the research sample reached (218) male and female distributed equally between boys and girls. The researchers have prepared a scale for sustainable development with its three dimensions, the economic dimension, which consists of (30) paragraphs, the environmental dimension has reached (25) paragraphs, and the social dimension has reached (25) paragraphs. After extracting the results, it was found that there is a positive relationship between the variable of sustainable development with its three dimensions and the variable of environmental education. The study included a number of statistical tables to clarify the procedures of the study and its results. The study concluded with a number of recommendations and proposals 
8th Grade Environmental Awareness Year of publication: 2020 Author: Rima Mohessin Corporate author: National Center for the Development of Educational Curricula The video is a lesson for eighth graders in Syria. The lesson is from the national education book, entitled Environmental Awareness. The teacher starts talking about environmental awareness as a concept and goes into depth on environmental pollutants. The teacher also discusses positive and negative environmental behaviors with students. 
Neuroscience Applied to Everyday Life: David del Rosario, Neuroscience Researcher (Full Version) Year of publication: 2022 Author: David del Rosario Corporate author: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Why are we unhappy even when everything is going well? What is thought? Do we know how our mind and body works? "Knowledge, if not applied, is useless," says scientist David del Rosario. In this video, the researcher analyzes different experiments and questions our relationship with what we think to address what he calls "everyday neuroscience". 
Environment: Human Rights, Gender and Comprehensive Sex Education at School Collection Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Ministry of Education, Argentina This material invites us to reflect on the environment at school with the aim of accompanying and contributing to the construction of educational institutions committed to environmental education, which are guarantors and promoters of rights. From a pedagogical and democratic approach, debates, theoretical tours and case studies on environmental problems are updated. 
7th Meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Centres in Education: Meeting Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU This meeting report provides the summary of the 7th Meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Centres in Education held on 7 November 2023 in Paris, France. It offers an overview of the presentations delivered by Category 2 Centres in Education, outlining their programmes and activities for the upcoming years, specifically for 2024. 
5th Annual Meeting of the GCED Actors' Platform: Meeting Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU This meeting report provides the summary of the 5th Annual Meeting of the GCED Actors' Platform held on 20 October 2023. The report outlined the presentations from UNESCO, regional coordinators from 4 Regional GCED Networks (Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa), including their achievements in advancing GCED in their respective regions over the past year and discussion on potential ways to strengthen GCED implementation on both regional and global levels. 
Report on Roundtable for Advocating Global Citizenship Education and Climate Change Education Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU This report shares the overview of the Roundtable for Advocating Global Citizenship Education and Climate Change Education, held on Saturday, 11 November 2023. The event was co-organized by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO, Office for Climate Education, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) in partnership with the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED (Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Nigeria and Oman), in support of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and the French National Commission for UNESCO. This report shares the summary of the event, particularly the presentations on GCED activities and Climate Change Education by experts from Uganda, the Republic of Korea, and France to promote the values and initiatives of GCED and CCE. 
Girls’ Education and Climate Change: Investing in Education for Resilience Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) This brief was developed to support dissemination of key messages in Mind the Gap 2: Seeking Safe and Sustainable Solutions for Girls’ Education in Crises. It provides an overview of evidence and gaps on the relationship between girls’ education and climate crises, and recommends actions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on girls’ education and promote resilience.