A holistic approach to climate change is required to be integrated in national curricula to seriously tackle the climate crisis on a variety of fronts. Following the recommendations of the Transforming Education Summit (TES) and within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG13), UNESCO organized and participated in a series of climate change education events during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 19 November 2022.

 UNESCO co-organized a session with Earth Day Organization under the theme “Youth and Educators for Global Climate Action: Participation, Collaboration, and Implementation of UNESCO’s Greening Education Partnership” to ensure the engagement of youth and educators in climate change education.

UNESCO also published a report titled “Youth demands for quality climate change education” that presents key findings of a global youth survey, which revealed that “70% of the youth surveyed said that they cannot explain climate change, or can only explain its broad principles, or do not know anything about it”, which puts the quality of the current climate change education taught in schools into question.

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https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/cop27-unesco-launches-global-survey-report-youth-demands-climate-change-education-mobilizes