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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.

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.

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...

IKEA continues the journey towards providing solutions that enable people to purify the air in their homes. Aiming to combine high performing air purifying solutions with design and technology, IKEA is stepping into the air category of IKEA Home...

Changing our consumer behaviour is crucial for the protection of biodiversity - both locally and globally. Raising awareness about this issue requires well-presented information materials and activities addressing a variety of specific target groups...

In line with the commitment to have a positive impact on both people and planet, IKEA will phase out plastic from consumer packaging solutions. The phase-out will happen in steps, starting with all new range by 2025, and running range by 2028. With...

IKEA is on the journey to design all products with built-in circular capabilities by 2030. After assessing over 9,500 products*, IKEA is now sharing its methodology and insights to inspire and engage designers and accelerate the movement towards a...

A recent UNESCO workshop of the series on the transformative power of ESD for the world beyond COVID-19 focused on Sustainable Lifestyles, in particular how ESD help accelerate transformation towards more sustainable economies and societies and...

On the occasion of the One Ocean Summit taking place in Brest, France, UNESCO announced it has set itself the goal of including ocean education in the school curricula of its 193 Member States by 2025. To achieve this goal, the United Nations agency...

Thousands of Trash Hackers across the world connected to watch the webinar launch of UNESCO's Trash Hack campaign for schools and share their own innovative ideas to reduce waste.

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

For World Food Day 2021, an international day celebrated annually on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, researchers on the CANDIES project take a closer look at...