Addressing Climate Change Addressing Climate Change through Education for through Education for

Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development

SOCIETAL CHANGE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

31 MARCH 2009

SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CENTER OF ESD

PRESENTED BY IRINA SEMKO

UNECE Strategy for UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Education for Sustainable

DevelopmentDevelopmentKEY THEMES

poverty alleviation, peace building among countries, ethics, democracy, justice, security, human rights, climate change, sustainable consumption and production, health, equity, cultural diversity, economy, environmental protection, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity

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UNECE Strategy for UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Education for Sustainable

DevelopmentDevelopment Developed through participatory process involving governments

and various stakeholders

Suggests establishing a partnership mechanism between different ministries and agencies to coordinate the implementation

Is meant to serve as a flexible framework

Aims at encouraging countries to incorporate ESD into their formal education systems, and in non-formal and informal education

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Climate change has implications for Climate change has implications for education and learningeducation and learning

Education needs to take into consideration the following implications of climate change, all of which are characteristics of ESD

All levels and forms of existing educational and teaching and learning programmes need to be reviewed and re-oriented to address the causes and consequences of climate change

Climate change requires educators to include new content into education, training and public awareness programmes

Creativity, problem solving and social transformation skills need to be developed and nurtured.

Positive, participatory action and solution-centred approaches to education and learning need to be developed

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Good Belarusian Practices in Good Belarusian Practices in ESD ESD addressing Climate Changeaddressing Climate Change

INTERNATIONAL SAKHAROV ENVIRONMENTAL UNIVERSITYISEU is the base institution of academic society for CIS-countries in environmental education, radio-ecological education and ESD

RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES LABORATORY On the base of this complex laboratory the students are trained in specialization “Renewable power sources”, training and informational workshops are conducted

PRINCIPAL APPROACHES OF THE ACTIVITY Set up demonstrational, training and research site of renewable energy

sources (RES) Set up Competence-center for effective use of local fuel and RES Arrangement of informational and educational workshops for school

children, students and teaching staff on energy-efficient technologies and use of renewable power sources

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PROJECTS SCHOOL AGENDA 21

YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN BELARUS: Awareness Raising, Capacity Building and Twinning for Sustainable Lifestyles through Youth EcoTeams

SPARE - the largest international school project on energy,climate and environment

GREEN CONSUMERISM

ACTIONS GREEN FINGER - «SURVIVAL IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!»

POWER PATROL

EARTH HOUR6

Good Belarusian Practices in Good Belarusian Practices in ESD ESD addressing Climate Changeaddressing Climate Change

EARTH HOUR-2009 IN EARTH HOUR-2009 IN BELARUSBELARUS

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YOUR LIGHT SWITCH Off IS YOUR VOTE Example of cooperation within Belarusian society at all levels, the involving key stakeholders from-ministries and departments - local authorities -educational institutions - the private sector-civil society organizations to cooperate on effectively mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

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Confusion in understanding of Environmental Education and ESD

Inflexibility of education system Lack of policies & institutional frameworks Lack of ESD teaching tools, methodologies,

competences and research Lack of cooperation between the ministries

and departments, local authorities, educational institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector

Lack of financial support for promotion ESD

PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES

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Development of Belarus National Strategy and Action Plan for ESD, with a focus on climate change

Strengthening cooperation between the ministries and departments, local authorities, educational institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector on ESD addressing Climate Change

Strengthening cooperation on ESD addressing Climate Change at all levels within the UNECE region

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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LET’S MAKE A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE!LET’S MAKE A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE!

SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CENTER OF ESD

PRESENTED BY IRINA SEMKO

31 MARCH 2009