Not Just Hot Air: Putting Climate Change Education Into Practice

This publication presents UNESCO’s work on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in 2012/2013, and intends to serve as a reference for similar work in the future.

It provides:

• National case studies on five CCESD country pilots conducted by UNESCO in 2012/2013 in: Dominican Republic, Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa and Tuvalu.
• The case studies include an analysis and assessment of the undertaken CCESD capacity-building work for policy makers and teacher educators, lessons learnt about the implementation of the programme, and conclusions.
• 16 short country profiles from around the world on policy development regarding ESD and Climate Change Education.
• Recommendations on Climate Change Education in the context of Education for Sustainable Development, developed by UNESCO in order to establish a common understanding of what needs to be done to enhance education responses to climate change.

This publication is intended to provide policy makers and teacher educators with a compact source of information on how to mobilize education to address climate change.