News from Mission 4.7
Mayor of Leuven, Mohamed Ridouani, visits Grade 3 Class at the International School of Leuven
On May 20th, 2022, Leuven’s Mayor, Mohamed Ridouani, and the Deputy Mayor, Lalynn Wadera, visited the school to hear about actions taken to embed the Sustainable Development Goals into the curriculum.
Global Schools Hosts a Stockholm + 50 Associated Event
The Global Schools Program hosted a Stockholm + 50 Associated Event in partnership with Mission 4.7, the Master’s in Development Practice Program, and the Harbour School Hong Kong.
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.
Global Schools hosts a side event on SDG 4 at the ECOSOC Youth Forum
On Monday 18th April, 2022, the Global Schools Program held a virtual 2022 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) youth forum Side Event on Quality Education (SDG 4).
Global Schools Advocates reach 75,000+ students in their mission to teach sustainable development
The Global Schools Program celebrates the graduation of its third cohort of Global Schools Advocates.
A Visit to the Ugandan SDG Country Secretariat
Global Schools Advocate Nabuduwa Grace Olive Musingo recently visited her country’s SDG Secretariat to extend her work on integrating sustainable development into the education system in Uganda.
All Eyes on New Jersey: The Future of Climate Education is Here
Discover how New Jersey is taking a significant step ahead of other States in the country and internationally in bringing about Transformative Education for a sustainable future.
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.
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.