UNITAR supports COP21 Education Day events on Friday, 4 December 2015
Climate change education is a powerful tool to help people understand the causes and consequences of climate change, prepare learners to live with its impacts, and empower them to take action on its cause.
On 4 December 2015, a thematic day on climate change education (CCE) will take place at COP 21/ CMP11 of the UNFCCC. Education is crucial to promote changes in lifestyles, attitudes and behavior needed to foster sustainable development and to address climate change. The objective of the day is to showcase good practices and lessons learned on climate change education. The agenda is available online.
UNITAR is supporting two COP21 side events. UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR’s Executive Director, Mr. Nikhil Seth will be present. To receive the latest updates, please follow #EduDay on Twitter or Facebook. The entire program schedule is available online.
UN Side Event on Climate Change Education in the Formal Education System: Learning to Live with Climate Change – Accelerating Climate Change Education
(4 December 2015, 13:15 - 14:45, Le Bourget, Blue Zone, Hall 4, Room 4)
More and more governments have integrated education strategies, tools and targets into national sustainable development policies and integrated sustainable development issues such as climate change into their education policies and plans. This side event will highlight the key role of formal education as well as partnerships and opportunities for scaling up education on climate change and effectively engage all the stakeholders in transformation towards sustainable societies. For further information, please visit: http://unfccc.int/cooperation_support/education_outreach/overview/items/9243.php
UN Alliance Side Event on Non-Formal Climate Change Education and Innovative Approaches for Climate Change Learning
(4 December 2015, 18:30 - 20:00, Le Bourget, Blue Zone, Hall 4, Room 4)
The UN Alliance side event will showcase innovative ways to promote non-formal education with a special focus on alternative approaches for climate change learning, such as music, social media and video games. Check the agenda here. For further information please visit: http://unfccc.int/cooperation_support/education_outreach/overview/items/...
Exhibit One UN for Climate Change Education for All
(30 November 2015-11 December 2015, Le Bourget, Blue Zone)
As a part of the “One UN Exhibit”, this exhibit provides insights into how the UN system helps member states in accelerating climate change education and awareness-raising. The exhibit is hosted in collaboration with UNICEF and UNESCO, with contributions from UNU.
Here's how to get to our booth.
To learn more about climate change issues, please visit the One UN Library of Climate Change Resources, including over 550 publications selected for COP21.
About UN CC:Learn
UN CC:Learn is a partnership of more than 30 multilateral organizations supporting countries to design and implement systematic, recurrent and results-oriented climate change learning. At the global level, the partnership supports knowledge-sharing, promotes the development of common climate change learning materials, and coordinates learning interventions through a collaboration of UN agencies and other partners. At the national level, UN CC:Learn supports countries in developing and implementing national climate change learning strategies. Through its engagement at the national and global levels, UN CC:Learn contributes to the implementation of Article 6 of the UNFCCC on training, education and public awareness-raising, and the 2012-2020 Doha Work Programme. Funding for UN CC:Learn is provided by the Swiss Government and UN partners. The Secretariat for UN CC:Learn is hosted by the UN Institute for Training and Research (IUNITAR).
Photo 1: Agenda of UN Alliance Side Event on Non-Formal Climate Change Education and Innovative Approaches for Climate Change Learning
Photo 2: UNITAR staff at the booth
Photo 3: One UN Library of Climate Change Resources Relevant for COP21/CMP11