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[UNESCO Webinar] ESD and Climate Emergency: ‘Bend the curve for climate change’
10 February 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CET
Free
Education has been recognized as a crucial element to counter climate change and is one of the priority areas of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE). Education contributes to raising awareness on the physical mechanisms and the emergency of climate change and its impacts. More specifically, Education for Sustainable Development empowers people to take action by promoting values, problem solving and critical thinking skills needed for sustainable development.
But, concretely, how can and does this happen in different settings? How can Education for Sustainable Development contribute to urgent action for green and sustainable societies in light of the climate emergency? What can we learn from the Covid-19 pandemic on how to educate and act in times of crisis?
Register here. Read more about this event hosted by UNESCO here.
Speakers & topics include:
Next steps on Action for Climate Empowerment
- Ms. Fleur Newman, Action Empowerment Unit Lead, UNFCCC
Empowering young people and women in climate action
- Ms. Menna Mosbah, Youth activist, Arab region ESD Youth network, Egypt
Developing Climate-Friendly Schools
- Mrs. Meryem Khodari, The Hassan II International Center for Environmental training – Mohammed VI Foundation
Where we are and where to go: recent data on Climate Change Education
- Dr. Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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