International mapping
International mapping
Examples of international measures designed to involve young people in the political process:
• The Youth UNESCO Climate Action Network (YoU- CAN) was created with a view to supporting and facil- itating youth-led climate action to reach its full poten- tial and impact. • In 2022, UNESCO published the study “ Youth demands for quality climate change education ” that summarises the findings of a global survey and focus group discussions about young people’s learning experiences and expectations of quality climate change education, based on responses from around 17,500 young people across 166 countries. UNICEF , the United Nations Children’s Fund , works with the United Nations and its agencies to make sure that children are on the global agenda. UNICEF works with governments, partners and other UN agencies to help countries ensure the SDGs deliver results for and with every child. “ Climate change and environment ” is one of the UNICEF focus areas. Its global campaign “ Action on the climate crisis ” states that the climate crisis is a child rights crisis and calls young people, poli- cymakers, researchers and partners to action. UNICEF gives young people the opportunity to get involved in various programmes designed to build a better future for children and young people worldwide. UNICEF sends youth delegates to the COP climate conferences to voice their opinions.
Youth representatives are sent to international conferences such as the EU Youth Conferences, the United Nations General Assembly ( UN youth delegates ) or G7 youth summits to make their voices and interests heard. During the G7 youth summit in 2022, young people discussed a variety of themes including Sustainable & Green Planet and Economic Transformation for Shared Progress. The UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change submits youth perspectives and concrete recommendations to the UN Secretary-General. The objective is to hear directly from young people, accelerate global climate action and drive forward progress on all 17 SDGs. YOUNGO (YOUTH + NGO = YOUNGO) is the official children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is a global network of children and youth activists (aged up to 35) as well as youth NGOs that through, e.g., its Conference of Youth events to formally bring their voices to the UNFCCC processes and shape the intergovernmental climate change policies. The Action for Climate Empowerment Hub (ACE Hub) is a collaboration launched in 2022 between the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the UNFCCC Secretariat. Its objective is to increase public support to, and engagement in, climate action activities that can help accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement across all sectors of society. Youth is a special focus of the ACE Hub. Activities include an annual international ACE Youth Exchange and an international hackathon to develop new ideas and solutions for increasing awareness, education and participation in climate action.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) is the United Nations’ lead agency for ESD and is responsible for the implementation of ESD for 2030. UNESCO is a global advocate and supports governments in providing quality climate change educa- tion . UNESCO produces and shares knowledge, provides policy guidance and implements projects on the ground.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 13 “Climate Action”, which calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. In the UN SDG Good Practices platform , SDG good prac- tices can be searched by SDGs as well as by keywords. ESD for 2030 (“Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs”) is the current global frame- work for the implementation of Education for Sustain- able Development (ESD) between 2020 and 2030. ESD gives learners of all ages, including young people, the knowledge, skills, values and agency they need to address interconnected global challenges including climate change. The ESD for 2030 Roadmap’s priority action areas focus on climate education in schools and on empowering and mobilising youth.
Examples of international measures targeted at young people to help implement the SDGs: → The Scouts for SDGs global initiative mobilises and engages young people in learning about and taking action to achieve the SDGs, including SDG 13. The initiative aims at engaging 54 million Scouts so they can make the world’s largest coordinated youth contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. → Global Education Week is an annual worldwide awareness-raising initiative that takes place in the third week in November. It is a call to rethink the world together and contribute to a more sustainable and equitable world. Global Education Week relates to the 17 SDGs including SDG 13 (Climate Action). It is organised by the Council of Europe’s North-South Centre. The Centre develops multilateral activities responding mainly to three priority areas: global education, youth cooperation and empowerment of women.
• The Greening Education Partnership helps deliver the ESD objectives and reach all learners.
• The UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) connects more than 12,000 schools in 182 countries. It operates at international and national level. Its priorities are education for sustainable development, global citizenship education and inter-cultural and heritage learning.
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