In her opening remarks, UNESCO Bangkok Regional Director Soohyun Kim emphasized the need to integrate Climate Change Education into a transformation of education systems worldwide, a goal articulated in the UN ‘Transforming Education Summit’, of 2022. She further underscored the critical importance of youth engagement and teacher capacity development and urged the integration of sustainable development education across all learning levels, from early childhood education to lifelong learning: 

Noted at the event was that a significant funding disparity continues to persist in financing programmes that support climate change education. The proportion of ODA allocated to education has declined from 14.7 per cent in 2003 to roughly 9.7 per cent in 2021. 

Reflecting on the importance of the event in fostering multi-stakeholder cooperation in Asia-Pacific, Ms Gupta noted, 

Commenting on the prospects for future action emerging from such events and related joint initiatives, Ms Gupta added,  

UNESCO is the secretariat of the Greening Education Partnership, a collaborative global bringing together governments, intergovernmental bodies, civil society, academia, youth, and the private sector to drive robust, coordinated, and holistic initiatives aimed at equipping every learner with the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes necessary to confront climate change and promote sustainable development. 

Please contact: 

Ms Seek Ling Tan, Consultant, Education Section, sl.tan(at)unesco.org and copy eisd.bgk(at)unesco.org.

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