What’s happening in the world of Transformative Education?
International Conference on Lifelong Learning for a Sustainable Future: Environment. Economy. Society
The International Conference on Lifelong Learning for a Sustainable Future: Environment. Economy. Society aims to explore the interconnectedness between Lifelong Learning, and different aspects of sustainability — namely the environment, the economy, and the society.
International Conference on Educating for Sustainability Action
The years 2025 to 2030 are crucial for SDG progress. This period presents an opportunity to fully harness the power of education for sustainability action, especially to highlight pedagogy and resources and identify the need to develop strategic education interventions. This international conference is a crucial platform in this regard.
International Day of Education
The seventh International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2025.
Activism in Global Education: From Theory to Practice in Higher Education Context
This webinar will explore the role of activism in global education, drawing on recent case studies and research. The session will discuss the intersections of education, social justice, and activism, with insights into how educators and researchers can foster activist engagement in their work.
Reimagining the Education of Humanity for the Third Millennium
To explore the themes and principles set out in the Global Declaration on Educating Humanity in the Third Millennium, this conference will bring together educators, academics, researchers, practitioners and students to explore a reimagining of formal and informal education and to build a community in that quest.
International Conference on ‘The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding’
This 5-day international conference on “The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding” aims to contribute to future research, theory, and practice on how higher education institutions can be drivers of conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and sustainable development.
Symposium on Qualifications, Trainings, Micro-Credentials and Sustainable Development
There is a perceived need to foster the use of micro-credentials in the context of sustainable development. It is against this background, that the "Symposium on Qualifications, Training, Micro-Credentials and Sustainable Development" is being organised.
Global Education and Learning in the Asia Pacific Region
This short online event aims to bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners with an interest in Global Education and Learning and Global Citizenship Education who are working in or on the Asia Pacific region.
Teachers for Sustainable Future: Global Education and Teacher Training in Visegrad Countries
This webinar will present the research results of the international project "Teachers for a Sustainable Future," which examines the role of higher education institutions in integrating Global Education (GE), with a particular emphasis on teacher education.
Language Education for Sustainable Development
This conference aims at providing spaces for scholars and practitioners to discuss the unique contributions that language education, with its focus on literatures, cultures, and languages, can make towards the aspirational project of sustainability in all its dimensions.
Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week
Educators in every subject, at every grade level, at every school, college, university and informal educational institution in every community in every country are invited to participate and help their students move from climate despair to climate repair.
Beyond Business as Usual (But Greener) Politics: Global Citizenship Education and the Principles of Degrowth and Interdependence
This webinar offers a critique of dominant ways of thinking about the Anthropocene generation in terms of their innocence/vulnerability, their exceptionalism/heroism, their mental health/eco-anxiety, and their agency/activism.
eLearning Africa 2025
"Re-imagining Education and Human Capital Development for Africa's Future Prosperity" focuses on transforming the educational landscape and developing a skilled workforce to drive Africa's sustainable growth and innovation. In an era marked by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI), and the urgent need to address climate change, this conference will explore how Africa can harness its vast human and natural resources to lead the world in sustainable development.
ANGEL Conference 2025
The conference will focus on research in the field of Global Education and Learning, with particular emphasis on its relationship to democracy, peace, human rights, sustainability and global social justice, and its importance for practice and policy.
Enhancing University Lifelong Learning culture in Europe
During the conference we will explore how universities can contribute to the creation of lifelong learning ecosystems that can seamlessly link all stakeholders, from private and public organisations, to national and regional authorities, companies, educational systems, learners, citizens and beyond. We will focus on the main strategies developed at national and European levels, including those accessible and equitable education for all throughout Europe.
2025 IAHRE Conference
The 2025 IAHRE Conference Human Rights Education and Youth Empowerment is an interdisciplinary conference that will review and critically reflect on human rights education policy and practice, child rights education and the wider area of education and human rights.
30th ICDE World Conference
The design of inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education is central to the futures of global higher education, a priority for practice around the globe. The conference emphasises the 'ako' of reciprocal teaching and learning as it relates to improving educational inclusivity, scalability, and sustainability across all delegates.
Whole-School Sustainability: Concept, Effectiveness, and Transformation Pathways
Drawing on recent research, this lecture by Jorrit Holst from the Institute for Future at Freie Universität Berlin will provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of whole-institution sustainability and offer actionable pathways for change.
International Forum on Education and Climate
The forum will again bring together key decision-makers and knowledge experts to exchange opinions and share best-practice examples on the role of global citizenship education (GCED) and education for sustainable development (ESD) in addressing the climate crisis.
Education for sustainable development beyond nature // culture
Join the German Rectors’ Conference, great speakers, and rich discussions on ESD in the Anthropocene, on how to transcend the nature-culture divide, traditional ecological knowledge and how we can create the futures we want!
Reframing Global Citizenship: Confucian values and Chinese characteristics
This webinar consists of two presentations, from Doctoral researchers at IOE, which will explore this challenge of combining a global and a Chinese perspective in relation to notions of citizenship in two different educational contexts.
7th International Conference on Future Education
The World Academy of Art and Science, the World University Consortium, Istinye University, Istanbul, UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University are collaborating to conduct the 7th International Future Education Conference bringing together leading thinkers from a wide range of fields to give shape to a future education system fit for purpose in these challenging times of rapid social evolution.
UN at Your Doorstep Session 3: Jeffrey Sachs & Karimot Odebode
In this third session, young people will have the opportunity to enter into a dynamic discussion on human rights with Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs together with Karimot Odebode, award-winning poet, lawyer and founder of Black Girl's Dream Initiative, a youth-led organization aimed at closing the gender gap, and Young Reporters.
Training Teachers for Global Citizenship Education
The international conference, organised by the UNESCO Chair in Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Higher Education, aims to promote a dialogue on teacher education in Global Citizenship Education.
Halfway to 2030: Progress and pathways to ESD
This webinar will provide an opportunity to take stock of the progress and implementation of the ESD for 2030 programme. This will include sharing updates on the ESD for 2030 country initiatives and on upcoming projects by UNESCO, showcasing innovative and promising practices from our partner organizations, and discussing action points for the network in 2025 at the global and regional levels.
Roots of Tomorrow: Planting Nature Restoration Labs in Schools
This side event will introduce the “Nature Labs” initiative, developed by the G20 Global Land Initiative and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), to bring land-use education to 1 million students worldwide.
Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development
The Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) strives to enhance the understanding and explore the engagement of ESD within general education and beyond. It serves as a platform for the exchange of exemplary practices for ESD specifically in higher education institutes (HEIs), with the larger goal to advance ESD in HEIs both within Hong Kong and internationally.
Justice approach to climate education for teacher training
The final webinar in the Greening Education Partnership Members’ Forum Capacity Building series will discuss a justice approach to climate education for teacher training.
What’s next for greening teacher training and education systems’ capacities?
Webinar #6 of the third season of "Climate change education for social transformation" webinars.
Sixth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 6)
The title of the conference, ‘Learning Cities at the Forefront of Climate Action’, comes in line with ongoing international engagements in fostering climate action for the global good – with COP29 due to take place just before ICLC6 - as well as regional efforts such as the Green Middle East Initiative.
UNESCO International Forum on the Futures of Education 2024
The first edition of the UNESCO International Forum on the Futures of Education 2024 aims to provide a platform through which Member States and the global community can strengthen cooperation in relation to the Futures of Education initiative.
Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
The KIX EMAP Hub is organising Webinar 21 aimed at sharing knowledge about how the issue of climate change is being incorporated into various facets of education policy and planning, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
UN at Your Doorstep Session 2: Erik Solheim and Boyan Slat
In this second session, young people will have the opportunity to enter into a dynamic discussion on environmental sustainability with Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Minister of the Environment and former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, and Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor, entrepreneur and founder of The Ocean Cleanup, as well as Young Reporters for the Environment.
Transformative Ecological Education
With the biodiversity and climate crises escalating, this is an opportunity to hear Katharine Burke in conversation with Meryl Batchelder about her inspiring work with school students. This work has beencaptured in Katharine’s timely and important book, Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education, which has been described as ‘a gamechanger’.
Centering the Voices of Children and Youth in Education as a Catalyst for Climate Solutions
This event will launch and showcase the #Decarbonize Global Child Climate Manifesto.
Creative classroom approaches for Climate Justice
This session is for Primary and Secondary practitioners to teach about and for Climate Justice through arts-based and rights-based approaches.
Shifting paradigms: fostering sustainable lifestyles and rethinking our relationship with nature
This webinar will focus on fostering sustainable lifestyles and rethinking our relationship with nature.
Navigating Through Time With GIS: Featuring Ages of Globalization
Calling all students! Come celebrate GIS Day with SDGs Today and the Center for Sustainable Development, featuring one of our favorite courses: Ages of Globalization!
Live From COP29 (secondary)
Be a part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan! Connect with students on the ground at the conference and share your climate demands and questions with youth from around the world.
Meeting the Greening Education Partnership Targets with Quality: Critical Enablers
Join the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), the Office for Climate Education (OCE), and the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) India, for an event featuring insightful discussions from leading experts in climate education.
Delivering Climate Change Education: The Critical Role of Youth and Educators
This event discusses the critical role of youth and educators as catalysts of change and recaps the initiative and outcomes of COP 29 Climate Change Summer Camp. It also highlights their key role in the global greening education movement.
Learning Lunch with Our Shared World and PACTS
Join us to find out more about how PACTS empowers young people to influence local MPs for climate action, and to find out how you can support and promote PACTS.
Teaching Climate Change
Join Alice C. Hill and CFR Education for a conversation on teaching climate change and an exploration of CFR Education’s forthcoming comprehensive library of dozens of accurate, accessible, and authoritative resources on climate change and its implication on global issues and foreign policy.
Combating climate change across generations: Reinforcing global to local policy action for education
This session will examine critical questions around ESD/GCE implementation and effectiveness, featuring expert insights, case studies, and real-world applications.
3rd UNESCO World OER Congress
The 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress will explore how the implementation of the UNESCO 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) can enhance global digital cooperation.
Live From COP29 (elementary)
Join us as we bring children around the world together to show them the power of children's voices in the climate fight! Your students will be able to speak directly to students at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to learn about what it takes to support our planet every day!
High Level Roundtable on greening education and enhancing environmental literacy metric through international assessments
The Roundtable—organized by the COP29 Presidency / Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan in partnership with UNESCO and OECD—will enhance global cooperation on greening education to ensure that environmental literacy becomes one of the objectives of education.