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Climate action and literacy 29 November 2024 Education voices | Lessons from the devastating floods in Valencia and an urgent call to Teach for the Planet
Marc Candela
The torrential rains and devastating floods that hit parts of Spain in October 2024, affecting more than 100 municipalities in the province of Valencia, are yet further evidence of the undeniable impact of climate change on our societies.
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Climate action and literacy 21 November 2024 COP29: Education unions demand urgent action for climate education and a just transition
The Education International Executive Board issued a strong call for urgent and decisive climate action in a statement to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Stressing that widespread school disruptions caused by the climate crisis put students’ right to education and teachers’ labour rights at risk,...
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Climate action and literacy 21 November 2024 Climate justice, climate education, and resilient education systems for all without delay
Education International Statement to COP 29
Education International is the voice and force of education and part of the international trade union movement. Education International represents over 33 million teachers and education support personnel through over 375 education unions.
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Climate action and literacy 16 October 2024 New international tool supports educators in their fight against climate change
As part of the work of the Education International (EI) Climate Network, education unionists from all over the world were consulted and gave inputs about the Greening Education Partnership , a new tool developed to support ministries of education to build climate-responsive education systems that centre teacher experience and aim...
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Climate action and literacy 1 August 2024 Education unions redouble efforts to ensure quality climate education and a just transition for all
Educators around the world are standing up for the planet and for their students. The Teach for the Planet campaign was in the spotlight at Education International’s 10th World Congress taking place in Buenos Aires from 26 July to 2 August. Education unionists met to exchange best practices on climate...
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Climate action and literacy 23 May 2024 Southeast Asian Educators build movement for climate justice and just transition
Southeast Asian educators convened to demand climate justice and advance a just transition at a three-day conference hosted by Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) in Bangkok, Thailand on April 17-19, 2024.
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Climate action and literacy 21 May 2024 Tonga: Empowering educators for sustainable development and human rights
The Friendly Islands Teachers’ Association (FITA) is leading a transformative effort to empower educators and promote sustainable development within Tonga's education sector. In March 2024, FITA, conducted two pivotal workshops focusing on climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), trade union rights, and human rights.
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Standards and working conditions 25 April 2024 Education International Climate Network: Towards a pedagogy of hope for people and planet
On April 22 Education International’s Climate Network came together to celebrate Earth Day with an insightful discussion on the reform necessary to foster a pedagogy of hope and quality climate change education in classrooms everywhere. Education unionists were joined by three inspiring activists who are leading the youth movement for...
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Equity and inclusion 8 December 2023 Fossil fuel subsidies and educational performance
Zeynep Clulow
Around the world, companies, NGOs, policymakers, academics and national publics are increasingly calling on governments to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies (FS) - measures that support the consumption and production of natural gas, coal and oil – as a vital step for combatting climate change and building a more just and...
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Climate action and literacy 4 December 2023 Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions
Alanah Torralba
Every year, despite recording ‘hottest ever’ temperatures, the world consumes more fossil fuels than ever before. Consequently, climate disasters also continue to rise in frequency and intensity. In 2022, for instance, a third of Pakistan’s land mass was under water for several months following record monsoon rains and melting glaciers...
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Climate action and literacy Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions
Alanah Torralba
22 November 2023Amidst intensifying climate change impacts, demanding the phaseout of fossil fuels and the acceleration of a just and rapid transition into a low-carbon economy are urgent political tasks. For educators and their unions, a critical step is consolidating a fossil fuel divestment campaign that targets not just the disentanglement of...
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Climate action and literacy Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Briefing for Education Unions
Zeynep Clulow
22 November 2023This policy brief explores the fossil fuels-education relationship by combining the most comprehensive recent data on fossil fuels from the IMF fossil fuel database with educational performance and potential confounding factors from the World Bank World Development Indicators databases, resulting in a dataset of 1651 observations after omitting country-years with...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 September 2023 Education unionists strategise action against fossil fuels
The 9th meeting of the Education International Climate Network took place online on September 20. Fossil fuel subsidies and their impact on education, as well as education union strategies for fossil fuel divestment, and the continued mobilisation for climate education were on the agenda.
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Climate action and literacy 17 August 2023 Pacific educators stand in solidarity for climate justice and a just transition in first-ever climate conference
Pacific educators affirmed their commitment to climate justice and to advance a just transition during a conference hosted by Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) and the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) in Lautoka, Fiji on May 23-25, 2023.
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Climate action and literacy 25 July 2023 From poetic pedagogy to a poetics of pedagogy
Diana Léocadie, Sydalise Dufestin
Pedagogy speaks of children. Poetry is addressed to children – the children we once were. In this alliance of words, it may then be possible to find something still unexplored, or something so simple we have not thought of it. Something that would open new doors or paths by giving...
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Climate action and literacy 27 June 2023 The need to green schools: Climate change and gender inequality at the top of the Global Partnership for Education
Climate change is a human rights crisis that threatens education and global efforts toward gender equality. Education International (EI) welcomes the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) strategy to develop education systems that are climate resilient and mindful of the impacts of the environmental crisis on girls’ education.
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Climate action and literacy Forging the education–climate justice connection
Richard Calayeg Cornelio
31 May 2023This study seeks to identify the advocacy and capacity- building needs of Education International Asia Pacific (EIAP) affiliates where the advancement of climate justice is concerned and where climate change education and just transition matters are spotlighted. Our objective is two-fold: (1) to assess the baseline knowledge of EIAP members...
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Climate action and literacy 17 May 2023 United Kingdom: National Education Union ramps up mobilisation for climate justice
Climate justice, climate education, and a just transition to a green economy all featured heavily on the agenda of the 2023 annual Conference of the National Education Union in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom: National Education Union ramps up mobilisation for climate justice