Education for Climate Day

Posted 15-Nov-2021

Education for Climate Day

On the Education for Climate Day, pupils, teachers and members of the education community are invited to share their ideas on how to best address the climate crisis in classrooms across the European Union (EU).

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About the event

The event will start with a morning of interventions on the role of education in fighting the climate crisis.

Speakers will include

European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel

representatives of

the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
the European Parliament

scientists from

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Through these interventions, speakers will provide their insights into how education helps to tackle the challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability.

Presentation of the collaborative platform

The first Education for Climate Day will also be the occasion to present the new online Education for Climate collaborative platform, which will facilitate the exchanges of the wider climate education community.

Background

The Education for Climate Day was initiated by the Education for Climate Coalition.

Since December 2020, the Coalition has enabled primary and secondary schools, vocational education and training and higher education institutions across the EU to organise learning initiatives and projects on climate action, sustainability and the environment.

The Coalition is one of the many ongoing actions contributing to achieving the European Education Area, which envisages an inclusive, high-quality, sustainable European learning space, by 2025.

Source: European Commission I Education and Training (https://bit.ly/3DhJ6UY)