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SOCIETAL CHANGE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
Addressing Climate Change through
Education for Sustainable Development
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
Education for Sustainable Development
KEY THEMES
poverty
alleviation,
peace
building
among
countries, ethics, democracy, justice, security,
human
rights,
climate
change,
sustainable
consumption and production, health, equity,
cultural
diversity,
protection,
natural
economy,
resource
environmental
management,
biological and landscape diversity
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UNECE Strategy for
Education for Sustainable Development
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Developed
through
participatory
process
involving governments and various stakeholders
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Suggests establishing a partnership mechanism
between different ministries and agencies to
coordinate the implementation
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Is meant to serve as a flexible framework
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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
education and learning
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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 reoriented 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 ESD
addressing Climate Change
INTERNATIONAL SAKHAROV ENVIRONMENTAL UNIVERSITY
ISEU 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
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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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Good Belarusian Practices in ESD
addressing Climate Change
PROJECTS
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SCHOOL AGENDA 21
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YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN BELARUS: Awareness Raising,
Capacity Building and Twinning for Sustainable Lifestyles through
Youth EcoTeams
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SPARE - the largest international school project on energy,
climate and environment
GREEN CONSUMERISM
ACTIONS
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GREEN FINGER - «SURVIVAL IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!»
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POWER PATROL
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EARTH HOUR
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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
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CHALLENGES
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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
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PERSPECTIVES
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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
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LET’S MAKE A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE!
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CENTER OF ESD
31 MARCH 2009
PRESENTED BY IRINA SEMKO
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