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UNESCO, Climate Change Education and COP22 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Education is a key vector to prepare societies for global changes. It plays a critical role in achieving sustainable development goals and putting into practice a global agreement on climate change. Education plays a paramount role in raising awareness and promoting behavioural change for climate change mitigation and adaption. It helps increase the climate change mitigation and adaptation capacity of communities by enabling individuals to make informed decisions. L'UNESCO, l'éducation au changement climatique et la COP22 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO L’éducation est un vecteur clé pour préparer les sociétés à faire face aux changements globaux. Elle joue un rôle essentiel dans la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable et de mettre en pratique un accord mondial sur le changement climatique.L’éducation joue un rôle primordial dans la promotion de la sensibilisation et le changement de comportement concernant l’atténuation et l’adaptation en matière de changement climatique.Elle aide à accroitre l’atténuation du changement climatique et la capacité d’adaptation des collectivités en permettant aux individus de prendre des décisions informées. 
Violence Against Women Infographic: Health Impacts and the Role of the Health Sector Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO Department for Management of NCDs, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, and Department of Reproductive Health and Research, have prepared an infographic displaying the prevalence and health and social consequences of violence against women, and what the health sector can do to address this public health problem. The infographic is targeted at policy makers and professionals working in the health sector and other relevant sectors. 
Women in politics: 2019 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) The “Women in politics: 2019” map, created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, depicts global rankings for women in the executive and parliamentary branches of government as of 1 January 2019. The map shows progress towards gender equality in these areas at regional and national levels. 
[Video] UNESCO - Futures of Education: Learning to Become Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to rethink how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet. Looking to 2050 and beyond, the initiative seeks to reimagine how education and knowledge can contribute to the global common good. The initiative is catalyzing a global debate on how knowledge, education and learning need to be reimagined in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and precarity. This initiative mobilizes the many rich ways of being and knowing in order to leverage humanity’s collective intelligence. It relies on a broad, open consultative process that involves youth, educators, civil society, governments, business and other stakeholders. The work is being guided by a high-level International Commission of thought-leaders from diverse fields and different regions of the world. In late 2021, the commission will publish a global report designed to share a forward looking vision on how education and learning can enable us to become what we want to become. 
[Video] We must act now - for people and our planet Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UN. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN. DESA) The world is facing challenges of an unprecedented nature. A polarized political landscape, worrisome signs of a global economic slow-down, growing inequalities, conflicts and a global environmental crisis. The evidence is clear: we must act now. The international community has a brief window of opportunity to accelerate action, using the plan in place to achieve a positive outcome for everyone: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 transformative Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World Corporate author: United Nations (UN) End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. Whoa. The Sustainable Development Goals are important, world-changing objectives that will require cooperation among governments, international organizations and world leaders. It seems impossible that the average person can make an impact. Should you just give up?No! Change starts with you. Seriously. Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the solution. Fortunately, there are some super easy things we can adopt into our routines that, if we all do it, will make a big difference.Have a look at just a few of the many things you can do to make an impact!For more information: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/takeaction/ 
Education and the Global Goals Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Global Partnership for Education (GPE) In September 2015, 193 world leaders committed to 17 Global Goals for sustainable development to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect our planet by 2030. Education is essential to the success of every one of the 17 new goals.To learn more: https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/17-ways-education-influences-new-17-global-goals 
What Makes a Great Education? Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Partnership for Education (GPE) GPE works to strengthen national education systems to dramatically increase the number of children who are in school and learning.Since 2002, GPE has worked with more than 65 developing countries to improve education planning and implementation, with great results. 
[Video] Global Education Week 2018 Highlights Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: North-South Centre of the Council of Europe This video clip shows some highlights from the 2018 edition (The world is changing: What about us?) of the Global Education Week (GEW).#GlobalEducationWeek#GEW18