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UNESCO Chair Newsletter March 2023 out now

Find all the news and events if you want to stay updated in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Check out our recent newsletter and sign up for future editions - one update per month.

Educating for Tomorrow's Unknowns: Sustainability Front & Centre on 7 March 2023

Climate change or rising inequalities, whether happening locally or in other parts of the world, do not only impact our individual future but are central for collective action in tackling these and other global challenges. How can we understand global issues? How can we learn to live happily, sustainably, and ethically without the feeling of […]

UNESCO Chair Newsletter February 2023 out now

A new look and a new format but still all the news and events you want to stay updated in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Read more and let us know what you think!

Happy International Day of Education 2023

Learn about youth engagement in the Sustainable on the Go initiative today! We are pleased to announce the new addition to the Sustainable on the Go website today! Learn more about youth engagement for responsible and inclusive internationalization in higher education. The Youth Engagement Program was created as a strategy to mentor, guide and prepare […]

This #EducationDay let’s call on world leaders to invest in education. Join us #LeadingSDG4 now!

Join UNESCO´s global campaign today and speak up for education! The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the […]

The lost treaties of Lithuania: priceless diplomatic treasures found in Toronto

Charles Hopkins, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education toward Sustainability at York University, and Katrin Kohl, the Executive Coordinator to the UNESCO Chair, Focal Point for SDG 4 at the IAU HESD Cluster, were featured in The Globe and Mail Dec. 27, 2022. Read the full story.

The future of education for sustainable development (ESD) indicators at higher education institutions

You are invited to join an interactive webinar discussing outcomes of 2-year stakeholder consultation on ESD indicator development for higher education institutions. Coordinated by the University of Twenter in the Netherlands, the Unesco Chair at York University Toronto, Canada Charles Hopkins & Katrin Kohl were 2 out of 9 experts from Europe and North America […]

Only few spots left: young voices front and centre at the Sustainable on the Go Conference on 17 November 2022

York University will feature diverse young voices from across the world at the 2nd edition of the Sustainable on the Go (SOTG 2022). The event is co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, and their international partners during the International Education Week 2022 on 17 November 2022. The outcomes from the Transforming Education Summit (TES) and their relevance […]

Celebrating 30 years since ECO-ED in Canada

Our Chairholder Charles Hopkins was the chairman and main organizer of the first global event on education for sustainable development in Canada in 1992. "The World Congress for Education and Communication on Environment andDevelopment (ECO-ED), which took place in Toronto, Canada, 17-21 October 1992, was multisectoral in scope, accommodating individuals and groups from business, aid […]

Save the date: launch of the UNESCO ESD-Net 2030 on 4 October 2022

Following the success and lessons learned from the previous Global Action Programme(GAP), UNESCO developed the ESD for 2030 framework and Roadmap, a global framework for the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for the period 2020-2030. To accelerate this global framework, UNESCO, with the generous support of the Government of Japan through its Japanese Funds-in-Trust […]