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Pacific Climate Security Assessment Guide Year of publication: 2023 Author: Spencer McMurray | Lukas Ruttinger | Serena Arcone | Michael Crowe Corporate author: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) The new Pacific Climate Security Assessment guide aims to support Pacific Island Countries to collectively and individually uncover, assess and respond to climate security implications for their peoples, prosperity and peace. The Assessment Guide builds off of the Weathering Risk initiative’s methodology, and was undertaken by adelphi in collaboration with the UNDP, IOM and PIF as a part of the UNPBF-funded “Climate Security in the Pacific” project. In addition to incorporating a brief regional trend analysis and limited entry points to kick start countries’ efforts to address climate insecurity, the guide provides a “how to” for countries to undertake assessments themselves and across different levels. Anchored in the Pacific, the guide was developed through extensive consultation with regional specialists, key regional institutions, civil society and with Forum member representatives. 
Pockets of Hope: Biosphere Reserves in India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi Biosphere Reserves contribute to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration by enlarging the total area for nature conservation via restoration projects, scientific research, monitoring and education, and by raising the awareness of the general public. Biosphere Reserves are places to apply, test and demonstrate best practices for human living in harmony with nature. They aim to enhance nature conservation, reduce the environmental footprint and keep the ecological carrying capacity of our natural ecosystems intact. It is not easy to have a site listed as a Biosphere Reserve. All sites are externally examined and checked before they are approved. Globally, there are 727 properties, 168 in Asia and the Pacific, 12 in India, 4 in Sri Lanka and 3 in the Maldives. The success with which India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are actively participating in the World Network is based on the countries’ dedication and hard work. UNESCO invites scientists, biologists, botanists, zoologists, climatologists, environmental engineers and sciencetechnology specialists to support Biosphere Reserves. Universities should use them as outdoor laboratories to improve air quality, apply clean energies, reduce pollution, enhance water availability, redress biodiversity loss and test methods for climate resilience. UNESCO encourages governments, foundations, the private sector and philanthropists to support the establishment of new additions to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. 
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. 
Technology and Values-Driven Transformation in Education (Journal of Southeast Asian Education: The Official Journal Of SEAMEO; Vol. 1, Special issue) Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) The 11th SEAMEO-University of Tsukuba Symposium under the theme Technology and Values Driven Transformation in Education held on 20-22 February 2023 successfully engaged over 19,860 participants from 45 countries. With 30 speakers from 10 countries, the symposium provided the platform to share and exchange best practices carried out by schools and universities apart from identifying the challenges encountered by teachers, students and academicians. SEAMEO and UT have selected quality articles emerging from the symposium and put them together in the Journal of Southeast Asian Education. For example: - Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age- A Breakthrough of Values-Driven Strategies in Using Multimedia-Based Instruction (MMBI): A Course Towards Sustainable Transformative Education- Leave No One Behind: The Solution to an Inclusive Future- Unplugged Computational Thinking with Colouring Books 
Asia-Pacific Living Heritage Lesson Plan 2023 Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU | UNESCO Bangkok | International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia and the Pacific Region (ICHCAP) In partnership with UNESCO Bangkok and ICHCAP (International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region), APCEIU (Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding) carried out “Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in the Asia-Pacific” since 2020. As a part of this multi-year project, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Living Heritage Lesson Plan Contest 2023, co-organized by UNESCO Bangkok, APCEIU, and ICHCAP was launched and 18 lesson plans from 10 countries – Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, The Philippines, Singapore, and Viet Nam - were selected as follows. - Saykha Offering (Subject: English), Tsirangtoe Central School, Bhutan- Setting Up a Herbarium, Learning about Medicinal Herbs and their Cultural and Traditional Uses in the Community (Subject: Science/Grades 7–9), Zilukha Middle Secondary School, Bhutan- Shamanistic Worship and Propitiation to the Spirits (Subject: Bhutan History and Civics and Citizenship Education/Grade 8), Bajothang Higher Secondary School, Bhutan- Beauty of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Subject: Foundations of College Art Education/ Freshman Year), Anhui Medical University, China- The Folk Custom of Building the Peace Kiln for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jingdezhen (Subject: Mathematics/Grade 7), Jingdezhen No.13 Secondary School, China - When Xiabu Meets Batik (Subject: Art/Grade 5–6), ChongQing Shuren Primary School, China- Agricultural Practices (Subject: Biology/Grade 8), Paramita Heritage School, India- Living Heritage – Quilting in the Kalbelia Community of Rajasthan (Subject: Social Science/Grade 9), St. Stephen's Senior Secondary School, India- My City: Varanasi (Subject: Environmental Studies/Grade 2), Sunbeam School Lahartara, India - Bringing Back the Javanese Saka Calendar through Ethnomathematics (Subject: Mathematics/Grade 7–12), Binus School Bekasi, Indonesia- Song, Play, and Dance (Subject: Interdisciplinary for Indonesian Language, Balinese Culture, Music and Physical Education/Grade 3), Green School Bali, Indonesia- Teaching Sound Wave with Sundanese Traditional Instruments (Subject: Physics/Grade 8), Binus School Bekasi, Indonesia- Wau – The Malays Traditional Kite: Introduction, Wau Bulan Appreciation, Wau Making and Flying Workshop and Wau Corner (Subject: Traditional Games/Grades 4–5), SMU (A) Tarbiah Islamiah (SABK), Malaysia- Himalayan Aromatic Incense-Making and Meditation Workshop (Subject: Economics and Social Studies/ Grades 8–9, 11–12), Pragati Pathshala, Nepal- Influence of Biodiversity on the Stability of Ecosystems (Subject: Science/Grade 10), Philippine Normal University Mindanao, The Philippines- Understanding the Nature of Religion: From the Perspective of the Tripeople (Christians, Muslims, & Lumads) of Kidapawan City, North Cotabato (Subject: Humanities and Social Sciences/Grade 12), Kidapawan City National High School, The Philippines- Bongsan Talchum that Helps the Community Become More Sustainable (Subject: Korean Language and Literature, Social Studies, P.E., Arts/Grade 6), Kimje Buk Elementary School, Republic of Korea- Exploring Community Gardens – How and why are they so precious to humans? (Subject: Geography/Grade 9), Admiralty Secondary School, Singapore 
Human Rights in Argentina and Latin America: Training and Debates for Critical Citizenship Year of publication: 2022 Author: Ana Laura Sucari | Ramiro Manduca Corporate author: Red de Investigadores y Organizaciones Sociales de Latinoamérica (RIOSAL) This book is an invitation to study about Human Rights. At the same time, it seeks to be a material that expands rights by opening debates that promote teaching and learning in a framework of respect for Human Rights since it is necessary to learn what our rights are in order to intervene in reality, according to them. 
Education for Global Citizenship as a Transformative Methodological Proposal: Reflections and Practical Proposals Year of publication: 2019 Author: Isarel García | Joan Gratacós | Desiderio De Paz | Mercè Gil | Assumta Zapata Corporate author: Oxfam International This publication, the result of the collaborative work of the Network of educators for global citizenship, is a proposal for reflection and practical examples regarding the transformative nature of Education for global citizenship, being essential that for this educational approach that its actions educational activities are aimed at promoting critical thinking, dialogue, collaboration, solidarity and commitment to transform inequalities and promote social justice, equity and sustainable development. The methodological approach, therefore, must also be transformative and the strategies that accompany processes, promote this social transformation. Transformative methodologies are inherent to Education for global citizenship and the methodological processes that contribute to the construction of schools for global citizenship, in our opinion, should be based on three different pillars: promote the transformative dimension of education to build another world possible and necessary, promote a socio-affective approach focused on solidarity and cosmopolitan empathy and promote the construction of a more participatory and integrated curriculum that generates meaning in teachers and students. 
A Diverse World Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Entreculturas | European Union (EU) This publication is Entreculturas' pedagogical proposal to educate everyone in global citizenship. With it we intend to contribute to the training of people capable of exercising active and committed citizenship, of transforming their environment and of assuming as their own the global challenges of our time as well as the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. This publication collects activities from previous publications, with the difference that it has been adapted to an easy-to-read model to make it much simpler and more accessible for people with functional diversity. The activities address three major themes: 1.) Defense of the environment, 2.) Gender equality, and 3.) Interculturality. By addressing these topics we seek to promote reflection on the different global challenges that affect us and learn about the different ways to contribute to these causes. 
Guide to Significant Learning Situations in the Classroom for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development in Secondary School Year of publication: 2024 Author: Helena Rodriguez de Guzmán Corporate author: Entreculturas | Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) This didactic proposal aims to promote new models of education so that they are more attractive, more conscious and with a profound and greater influence on the exercise of citizenship. Designed from the foundations of Transformative Education, it is committed to giving all students the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills for global and critical citizenship by supporting their vital growth in a comprehensive manner, as proposed by UNESCO (UNESCO, 2022). In turn, this teaching resource provides tools that support the educational strategies promoted by the LOMLOE whose main objective is to guarantee the comprehensive training of students, contributing to the development of their personality, the full exercise of human rights and active and democratic citizenship in the actual society. 
Minutes World Heritage Education: Education in Times of Digital, Sustainable, Inclusive and Fair Transformation Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: University of Alcala | Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) Document obtained from the XVII International and Interuniversity Congress of the Ibero-American Education Meeting. The University of Alcalá (UAH) in Madrid (Spain) and the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) organize the XVII Ibero-American Education Meeting (EIDE 2023) with the purpose of continuing to offer a scientific, rigorous and committed space for discussion and interdisciplinary exchange , interuniversity and international, with the focus on the Ibero-American geographical and cultural context, responding to the need to continue analyzing the educational reality from a global and collaborative perspective, as demanded by all professional and academic fields of education, at a time of great transformation challenges in the digital field, sustainability, inclusion, social justice and interculturality.