News from Mission 4.7
Education for Sustainable Development: The key that unlocks the SDGs
SDSN’s Shannon Kobran reflects on the ESD for 2030 Regional Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur in July 2024.
UNESCO, SDSN, and the Ministry of Education of Malaysia join forces for the ESD for 2030 Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting in Kuala Lumpur
UNESCO and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) joined forces with the Malaysia Ministry of Education, the Malaysian National Commission for UNESCO and partners in a major meeting underscoring the critical importance of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Asia-Pacific.
SDSN and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation launch a nation-wide scale-up of ESD training for Malaysian teachers
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), in collaboration with the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, has launched a nationwide teacher professional development programme aimed at integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into Malaysian schools. This initiative, supported by the Ministry of Education, will empower over 2,500 teachers across 30 schools with global ESD competencies, adapted to local contexts.
Mission 4.7 joins the open consultation for the UN Transforming Education Summit’s Action Track 2 on “Learning and skills for life, work, and sustainable development”
The first open consultation for TES Thematic Action Track 2 on “Learning and skills for life, work, and sustainable development” brought together diverse stakeholders to discuss the educational needs of life and work in a sustainable future.
Higher education’s role in securing a sustainable future: we need to act & transform now - Insights from the discussion at the UNESCO WHEC2022
The joint IAU / Mission 4.7 session at the UNESCO WHEC 2022 brought together leaders in higher education and sustainable development to discuss the transformation we need for the future we want.
UNESCO hosts Stakeholders Consultation in preparation for the Transforming Education Summit
Details and strategies for the UN Secretary-General’s Transforming Education Summit are still being developed, but Mission 4.7 is excited to be part of this important moment in educational transformation.
Climate education in the spotlight at COP26: Ministers of Education and Environment meet for historic event
Governments from around the world sent video pledges to increase climate education, integrate Education for Sustainable Development and to highlight good practices. Representatives of education and environment from Japan, Malawi, Greece, Colombia, Scotland and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe made live pledges, before answering a series of questions from young people on access to climate education, inter-sectoral partnership and whole-school approaches to sustainability from different areas of the world.
Ministers of education & Youth4Climate delegates exchange on climate education at the pre-COP in Milan
Almost 400 young climate leaders from all over the world have gathered in Milan to develop a declaration on their demands for climate action, which will be presented to governments ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), being held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November.
Mission 4.7 partners participate in UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
Global Schools, SDSN, and the Ban Ki-moon Centre present their innovative work achieving Target 4.7 and join stakeholders from all world regions to accomplish the new global framework ESD for 2030.
UNESCO declares environmental education must be a core curriculum component by 2025
Over 80 ministers and vice ministers and 2,800 education and environment stakeholders committed to taking concrete steps to transform learning for the survival of our planet by adopting the Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at the end of a three-day virtual World Conference held from 17 to 19 May.