Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Change

Source
Policy dialogue: ESD and development policy, No. 4, p.4
Publisher
UNESCO
Publication date
April 2009
Type
Reports
Industry
Education
Category
Sustainability and the Business Case
Managing Corporate Responsibility
Leadership and Management Development
Environment/Climate Change
Discipline
Environmental Management
Language
English, German
Link
Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Free/Pay for content
Free
 

This concise document, edited by UNESCO’s Education for sustainable development section, aims at helping decision-makers implement consistent policies and programmes by providing recommendations. Education needs to take into consideration the following implications of climate change, all of which are characteristics of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD):

  • All levels and forms of existing educational and teaching and learning programmes need to be reviewed and re-oriented to address the causes and consequences of climate change.
  • Climate change requires educators to include new content into education, training and public awareness programmes.
  • Creativity, problem solving and social transformation skills need to be developed and nurtured.
  • Positive, participatory action and solution-centred approaches to education and learning need to be developed.
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