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Education and Climate Change: Learning to Act for People and Planet Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education Project (MECCE) | University of Sakatchewan How can education lead to climate change action?Despite strong evidence on the impact of education on other development outcomes and the role it plays in developing professional capacity for sustainable development transitions, education is often absent from other sectors’ strategic, policy, planning and financing considerations. The Global Education Monitoring Report is introducing a new series to advance dialogue on the interrelationship of education with the other Sustainable Development Goals.The first paper in the series focuses on climate change. It starts by reviewing the growing impact of climate change on education before turning to the role of education in climate action. Education has a somewhat underappreciated contribution to developing professional capacities for the transition to a green economy. Formal, non-formal and informal learning are also commonly believed to be playing a critical role in motivating actions on climate change mitigation and adaptation.Yet a positive association between education attainment and unsustainable consumption levels, as well as inconclusiveness of much research on the direct impact of education on climate change adaptation and mitigation actions has in part contributed to education receiving low priority in global and national climate change agendas.This paper argues that climate change education needs to adapt to fulfil its potential. The education paradigm cannot rely solely on knowledge transfer but needs to focus on social and emotional, and action-oriented learning.Much of the research has focused on the impact of education attainment and cognitive learning. More research is therefore needed to assess other drivers through which education can influence behaviours and motivate climate change action. Such research is needed to formulate viable education reform packages that improve the curriculum, strengthen climate-readiness of schools and education systems, engage learners and prepare educators accordingly. 
Educación y cambio climático: aprender a cuidar de las personas y el planeta Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education Project (MECCE) | University of Sakatchewan ¿Cómo puede la educación conducir a la acción contra el cambio climático?A pesar de las sólidas pruebas existentes sobre la repercusión de la educación en el logro de otros objetivos de desarrollo y la función que desempeña en el desarrollo de la capacidad profesional para las transiciones hacia el desarrollo sostenible, la educación suele estar ausente de las consideraciones estratégicas, políticas, de planificación y de financiación de otros sectores.El Informe de seguimiento de la educación en el mundo presenta una nueva serie destinada a fomentar el diálogo sobre la interrelación de la educación con los demás Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. El primer documento de la serie se centra en el cambio climático, y empieza por analizar el creciente impacto del cambio climático en la educación antes de pasar a abordar la función de la educación en la acción climática.La contribución de la educación al desarrollo de capacidades profesionales para la transición a una economía verde está en cierta medida infravalorada. Al mismo tiempo, existe la conciencia de que el aprendizaje, tanto formal como no formal e informal, desempeña una función esencial a la hora de motivar la acción en materia de mitigación del cambio climático y adaptación a sus efectos.Sin embargo, la existencia de una correlación positiva entre el nivel de educación y los niveles de consumo insostenibles, así como la falta de conclusiones de muchas investigaciones sobre la repercusión directa de la educación en la mitigación del cambio climático y la adaptación a sus efectos, han contribuido en parte a que se otorgue escasa prioridad a la educación en las agendas mundiales y nacionales sobre el cambio climático.En este documento se sostiene que es necesario adaptar la educación sobre el cambio climático para que desarrolle todo su potencial. El paradigma educativo no puede basarse únicamente en la transferencia de conocimientos, sino que debe centrarse en el aprendizaje socioemocional y orientado a la acción. Gran parte de la investigación se ha centrado en analizar el logro educativo y los resultados que se alcanzan mediante el aprendizaje cognitivo. Por ello, es necesario seguir investigando para evaluar otros factores mediante los cuales la educación puede influir en los comportamientos y motivar la acción contra el cambio climático. Estas investigaciones son necesarias para formular paquetes de reformas educativas viables que mejoren los planes de estudios, refuercen la preparación de las escuelas y los sistemas educativos para el cambio climático, impliquen a los educandos y preparen a los educadores en consecuencia. 
Quality Physical Education (QPE): guidelines for policy makers Year of publication: 2015 Author: Nancy, McLennan | Jannine, Thompson Corporate author: UNESCO A key feature of the Post-2015 Development Agenda is sustainable development. Sustainable development starts with safe, healthy, well-educated children. Participation in quality physical education (QPE), as part of a rounded syllabus, enhances young peoples’ civic engagement, decreases violence and negative patterns of behaviour, and improves health awareness. The UNESCO QPE Policy Package is an original piece of work, which draws upon results from extensive global research (including the Worldwide Survey of School Physical Education). These guidelines, designed for global application and local adaptation, provide a means of analysing current policy through practical guidance and a ‘how-to’ approach. The materials have been developed in consultation with key partners including the European Commission, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), UNDP, UNICEF, UNOSDP and WHO. L'Education physique de qualité (EPQ): directives à l'intention des décideurs Year of publication: 2015 Author: Nancy, McLennan | Jannine, Thompson Corporate author: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) A key feature of the Post-2015 Development Agenda is sustainable development. Sustainable development starts with safe, healthy, well-educated children. Participation in quality physical education (QPE), as part of a rounded syllabus, enhances young peoples’ civic engagement, decreases violence and negative patterns of behaviour, and improves health awareness. The UNESCO QPE Policy Package is an original piece of work, which draws upon results from extensive global research (including the Worldwide Survey of School Physical Education). These guidelines, designed for global application and local adaptation, provide a means of analysing current policy through practical guidance and a ‘how-to’ approach. The materials have been developed in consultation with key partners including the European Commission, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), UNDP, UNICEF, UNOSDP and WHO. Educación física de calidad (EFC): guía para los responsables políticos Year of publication: 2015 Author: Nancy, McLennan | Jannine, Thompson Corporate author: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) A key feature of the Post-2015 Development Agenda is sustainable development. Sustainable development starts with safe, healthy, well-educated children. Participation in quality physical education (QPE), as part of a rounded syllabus, enhances young peoples’ civic engagement, decreases violence and negative patterns of behaviour, and improves health awareness. The UNESCO QPE Policy Package is an original piece of work, which draws upon results from extensive global research (including the Worldwide Survey of School Physical Education). These guidelines, designed for global application and local adaptation, provide a means of analysing current policy through practical guidance and a ‘how-to’ approach. The materials have been developed in consultation with key partners including the European Commission, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), UNDP, UNICEF, UNOSDP and WHO. 
Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A Guide to Embedding Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO | Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) This guidebook introduces the approach of embedding education for sustainable development into core subjects, building on the German initiative as well as consolidating other existing efforts. This ambitious work began when the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), with support from Engagement Global gGmbH, brought together 30 international experts in mathematics, sciences, languages, geography and education for sustainable development in Bangalore, India, in June 2016. These experts co-drafted this guidebook. This publication is designed as a guide for stakeholders in textbook development – education ministries, national curriculum authorities, textbook writers and publishers – to help them produce a new generation of textbooks. Such textbooks will make a clear departure from the mechanistic transmission of information and procedural knowledge devoid of meaning and contextual relevance. They will also advocate a new vision of learning and contribute to fostering young people’s competencies and capabilities to shape more peaceful and sustainable societies. Competencies such as critical and systemic thinking, appreciation of diversity, empathy and commitment to change are the key goals of this ambitious publication. Учебные пособия по устойчивому развитию. Руководство по внедрению Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация Объединенных Наций по вопросам образования, науки и культуры (UNESCO) | Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Данное руководство представляет подход по внедрению образования для устойчивого развития в учебные дисциплины, основываясь на опыте Германии, а также объединяя другие существующие усилия. В июне 2016 года Институт Махатмы Ганди по образованию в интересах мира и устойчивого развития ЮНЕСКО, при поддержке Engagement Global gGmbH, собрал в г. Бангалор, Индия, 30 международных экспертов по математике, естественным наукам, языкам, географии и образованию для устойчивого развития. Эти эксперты участвовали в разработке данного руководства.Данная публикация разработана в качестве руководства для заинтересованных сторон – министерств образования, органов, разрабатывающих государственные образовательные стандарты и учебные планы, авторов и издателей учебников в помощь и поддержку в создании ими учебных материалов нового поколения. Такие учебники станут очевидным отступлением от механической передачи информации и методических знаний, лишенных смысла и контекстуальной значимости. Они также поддержат новое видение обучения и будут способствовать укреплению компетенции и возможностей молодежи в создании более мирных и устойчивых обществ. Ключевыми целями этого амбициозного руководства являются развитие таких компетенции, как критическое и систематическое мышление, правильное восприятие разнообразия, сопереживание и приверженность изменениям. 
Educação 2030 Declaração de Incheon Rumo a uma educação de qualidade inclusiva e equitativa e à educação ao longo da vida para todos Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) This framework — painstakingly drafted over many months with input from governments, international agencies, civil society and experts — provides guidance for implementing the education commitments made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at a national, regional and global level. In particular: it aims at mobilizing all countries and partners around Sustainable Education Goal 4 and its targets; it proposes ways of implementing, coordinating, financing and monitoring the new commitments; and it proposes indicative strategies which countries may wish to draw upon in developing their plans, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. 
Survey on Privacy in Media and Information Literacy with Youth Perspectives Year of publication: 2017 Author: Sherri Hope Culver | Alton Grizzle Corporate author: UNESCO Media and information literate individuals are more empowered to make informed decisions about their privacy online and offline, among other things. Accordingly, governments and policy-makers who are committed to ensuring that the privacy of citizens is respected should also be committed to media and information literacy (MIL) for all. If they are not, then their efforts will be less sustainable. Equally, private and public enterprises that genuinely want to respect the privacy of citizens should purposefully contribute to MIL awareness among users qua citizens. Two research surveys are referenced in this report. The first investigated youth attitudes towards MIL and social and democratic discourses. One of the seven themes addressed in the context of social and democratic discourses was privacy. The research was carried out by UNESCO. The second survey studied privacy in MIL courses globally and was conducted for UNESCO by the UNESCO-UNAOC University Network on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural dialogue (MILID Network), and members of the Global Alliance for Partnerships in Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL). The report responds to UNESCO’s efforts to stimulate global research into privacy in MIL. Ultimately, this report aims to provide conceptual, development and policy recommendations to foster privacy in MIL, while enabling the critical engagement of people, including young women and men, in an environment conducive to sustainable development and to freedom of expression online and offline. It seeks to provide clarity on the complex issue of how MIL and privacy intersect. 
Human rights education in the school systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: a compendium of good practice Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: Council of Europe | UNESCO | UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN. OHCHR) | OSCE. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) “Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice” is a compilation of 101 examples of good practice in human rights education in primary schools, secondary schools and teacher training institutions in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) area, which is also covered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and, partially, the geographical mandate of the Council of Europe (CoE).The term “human rights education” is often used in this resource in a broader sense, to also include educationfor democratic citizenship and education for mutual respect and understanding, which are all based on internationally agreed human rights standards. These three areas are seen as interconnected and essential within educational systems in order to prepare youth to be active, responsible and caring participants in their communities, as well as at the national and global levels.Human rights education has been defined as education, training and information aimed at building a universal culture of human rights. A comprehensive education in human rights not only provides knowledge about human rights and the mechanisms that protect them, but also imparts the skills needed to promote, defend and apply human rights in daily life. Education for democratic citizenship focuses on educational practices and activities designed to help young people and adults to play an active part in democratic life and exercise their rights and responsibilities in society. Education for mutual respect and understanding highlights self-respect, respect for others, and the improvement of relationships between people of differing cultural traditions.This book aims to support quality teaching in these areas and to inspire educational policymakers (those working in education ministries and local school boards) and administrators, teachers, teacher trainers, non-formal educators and all other interested actors, as well as to facilitate networking and the exchange of experience among education professionals.