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Brest, France, 11 February 2022- Tourism’s central role in advancing the Blue Economy was highlighted during a special session at the One Ocean Summit, hosted by the French Presidency this week.

Testimonial: Frank Oostdam, Managing Director, Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ANVR) Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ANVR) is sharing that tourists are making more sustainable decisions and why tourism...

Like nature 2021 was a school competition that inspired wonderful outdoor lessons with a local environment as a learning environment. During autumn, middle school classes competed with their best nature tips in image and text. It took place between 1...

OTCHIVA is a NGO that focuses on maintaining, reforesting and raise awareness about mangroves. OTCHIVA means “wetland” in the Umbundu language spoken by more than 40% of the Angolan population. It was co-founded by a Petroleum Engineer after...

New UNESCO data from 100 countries shows that only 53% of the world’s national education curricula make any reference to climate change and when the subject is mentioned, it is almost always given very low priority.

UNESCO’s call to enhance global commitment to climate education was echoed at COP26, through a day of events with Ministers of Education and Environment, teachers, civil society and youth.

In 2021, UNESCO, for the 5th time, brought together education stakeholders from across the world to expand the community of practice to promote transformative education through education for sustainable development and global citizenship education as...

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) launched its eLearning course on “Cities and Marine Plastic Pollution: Building a Circular Economy”. The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has...

During this year’s 41st General Conference, the Award Ceremony of the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development was held on 19 November 2021 to recognize the outstanding contributions of three organizations to education for...

From 29 November to 1 December 2021, UNESCO and APCEIU convened over 1600 experts and practitioners virtually in the 5th UNESCO Forum on transformative education for sustainable development, global citizenship, health and well-being. Education which...

Blue Boson’s Fifth Technology Revolution: environmental engineering and regenerative energy