Category Archives: Environment

Trash Hack: young people rethink waste in their schools, homes and communities with UNESCO

Posted on 16 June 2021 by GEM Report

By Giulia Ceriani, UNESCO Each year the world generates over two billion tonnes of waste. Trash clogs our oceans, fills our streets and litters huge areas of the planet. Waste and over consumption are both contributors to the climate crisis. … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, Environment, Uncategorized | Tagged climate, climate change, Environment, sustainable development, target 4.7 | Leave a comment

Climate strikes by school children, which erupted in 2019, continue

Posted on 18 March 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog In the middle of the pandemic, the world’s youth has not lost its focus on the planet’s biggest challenge. School children in Germany are setting up a political party, Klimaliste, standing in local elections. The party … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Disaster preparedness, Environment, sdg, sdgs, Youth | Tagged climate change, Environment, target 4.7 | 3 Comments

Countries need to prepare teachers better to teach about our impact on the environment

Posted on 5 June 2018 by GEM Report

It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners to rally around the need for stronger commitment to stop the human impact on the planet before it is too late. Another day for policy makers to be challenged as to … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Environment, SDGs, sustainable development, target 4.7, target 4.c | 1 Comment

Good news: Chile is going to cover climate change in its curriculum

Posted on 2 August 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last month, the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, said that climate change would become an obligatory subject for students to learn in the third and fourth grades of secondary school in history and science classes. The President … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, curriculum, Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, climate change, curriculum, Environment, sustainable development | 3 Comments

Is the Paris agreement bad for the average worker?

Posted on 2 June 2017 by GEM Report

Last night, President Trump dealt a major blow to an agreement worked on for years to protect the environment by helping control carbon emissions. The reason, we were told during his late night speech, something he oft repeated while on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Environment, Skills, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cop22, paris agreement, trump | Leave a comment

Out of date textbooks put sustainable development at risk.

Posted on 15 December 2016 by GEM Report

Today, we’ve launched a new study into secondary school textbooks around the world, continuing our focus on the content of education, which we began in the 2016 GEM Report with a focus on curricula. Our focus on textbooks comes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, curriculum, Developed countries, Developing countries, Environment, Equity, Gender, Human rights, immigration, integrated development, Latin America, Literacy, parity, Teachers, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged target 4.7 | 5 Comments

COP22: Women, climate change and disaster resilience

Posted on 16 November 2016 by GEM Report

On Monday during the high-level event on Education Day at COP22 the GEM Report gave a keynote presentation on the important role that education plays in improving environmental knowledge and changing behavior. Yesterday was Gender Day at COP22, showing how important gender equality … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 gender review, Climate change, Disaster preparedness, Environment, Gender, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cop22, Gender, sustainable development | 2 Comments

What is the ‘whole school approach’ to environmental education?

Posted on 15 November 2016 by GEM Report

We have launched a new poster to coincide with the COP 22 taking place this week in Marrakech Morocco showing exactly what is meant by a ‘whole school approach’ to sustainability. As students spend significant time in the classroom, schools … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Sustainable development, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged target 4.7 | 7 Comments

The COP22 kicks off practical discussions about the role of education within climate change responses

Posted on 14 November 2016 by GEM Report

The critical role of education in a global response to climate change was recognized in Article 12 of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco, serves to kick-off its implementation, and is therefore dedicating November 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Environment, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cop22, Environment, lifelong learning, sustainable development | 5 Comments

Why hasn’t education got a seat at the table for urban policy discussions?

Posted on 17 October 2016 by GEM Report

For too long, education has been missing from urban policy and planning discussions. As the New Urban Agenda is finalized, those going to the Habitat III Conference should take heed of the benefits that including education, training and lifelong learning … Continue reading →