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On 17 December 2021, United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution entitled “Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and called on member states to strengthen their...

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...

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...

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.

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.