Teach for the Planet
November 2022
In 2022, Teach for the Planet included a wealth of campaign activities advancing quality climate education and a just transition for all.
November 2022
In 2022, Teach for the Planet included a wealth of campaign activities advancing quality climate education and a just transition for all.
For decades we have mobilised across the world and have worked towards gender equality, and increasingly over the last few years to address climate injustice. However, both fights have often been waged separately with far too little attention given to the critical areas where they overlap.
Education – a crucial piece of the climate justice and gender equality puzzleThe 66th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) opened on March 14 at UN headquarters in New York, as well as online across the world, with a focus on “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of...
Gender equality and climate justice in the spotlight at the 66th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of WomenConducted by Christina Kwauk, the Education International Climate Change Education Ambition Report Card examines the level of ambition on climate education and the extent to which countries prioritise education as a tool for climate action. This special edition of the Report Card focuses on countries in the Middle East and...
Which countries are prioritising quality climate education for all? On March 31st, Education International presented our analysis of the extent to which education is included in MENA countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Education in climate policies: Are countries in North Africa and the Middle East making the grade?This side event of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022 discussed the role of education in the fight against the climate crisis and how countries can step up their climate education ambition. With interpretation in English.
This side event of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022 discussed the role of education in the fight against the climate crisis and how countries can step up their climate education ambition. With interpretation in Arabic.
The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) has called for the government of this Iraqi region to provide more funding and pay more attention to climate change and its impact on people. The KTU organised a series of informational seminars for its members during the national week dedicated to tackling climate change...
Iraq: Kurdistan’s educators advance climate change educationA record number of women education unionists came together online for the 4th Education International World Women’s Conference held from the 13 to 16th of June. Bringing together a profession largely dominated by women in many parts of the world, the Conference focused on mobilising and using women’s power for...
EI’s 4th World Women’s Conference rallies the power of women for changeThe student-led Teach the Teacher campaign continues with a new round of events around the world. The campaign is focused on educating teachers about climate change, climate justice, and equipping them with the resources and confidence they need to implement climate education in their classrooms.
Teach the Teacher: Students and teachers join forces for climate educationThe 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP 27 is taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022.
Educators are on the frontlines of climate change: every day, they are contending with the worst consequences of changes to the world’s climate. From extreme hurricanes and storms to massive flooding, prolonged droughts, severe heatwaves, and sinking islands, climate change is already altering the education sector in indirect yet profound...
Last week representatives from education unions across the world came together online to share experiences, build power, and strategise to advance Education International’s Teach for the Planet campaign.
Education unions build power for climate justiceThe 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is taking place in Egypt, from November 6th to the 18th. Education International will bring the Teach for the Planet campaign to COP27 to advocate for climate justice, quality climate education for all students, and a just transition for all workers.
Join us! Teach for the Planet at COP27As the 27th United Nations climate change conference (COP) came to a close, it was clear that the global political community had, once again, failed. Despite unequivocal scientific evidence that human-induced climate change is causing widespread losses and greenhouse gas emission must rapidly decline, the conference did not agree to...
COP 27 is another cop out – but education unions continue to build the change our planet needsAs the second year of the Teach for the Planet campaign draws to a close, we look back at some of the highlights of 2022, including increasing recognition of education in climate policy, putting climate issues firmly on the agenda for education policy at the international level, and enhancing union...
An exciting year of activism for quality climate education for all🌏 The world needs quality #ClimateEducation for all!
— Education International (@eduint) October 19, 2022
📚 Educators everywhere are mobilising to #Teach4ThePlanet. We will be at #COP27 to highlight the role of education in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
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