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Have you ever thought about how much water goes into your daily cup of coffee? It’s a lot more than what you pour out of the kettle. In fact, the UN estimates it takes 140 litres of water to grow, process and transport enough coffee beans for one...

UNESCO launched an online course on “Sustainability starts with Teachers” for teachers in Southern Africa.

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...

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...

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...