International Organizations

  • MENA Countries Set out "Climate Finance" Project Plans

    December 07, 2016

    At the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries described their pledges to combat climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, much of which they say they will accomplish through global "climate finance" programs supported by the World Bank.

  • UN Promotes "Sustainability" Through Physical Education

    December 07, 2016

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) describes how its Quality Physical Education program advances the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda in schools around the world by promoting "peace, inclusion and equitable development" among children.

  • UN Official Supports "Sustainability" Curricula Efforts

    December 07, 2016

    At a recent meeting with UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova, UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson applauded UNESCO's efforts in "mobilizing the global education system of the world" to raise public awareness of the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.

  • UNESCO Signs Countries to Citizenship Education Agenda

    December 07, 2016

    Two groups operating under the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened officials from Uganda, Colombia, Mongolia, and Cambodia for a workshop on how to advance UNESCO's Global Citizenship Education project promoting the teaching of "sustainable development" and human rights in the classroom.

  • UNESCO Pushes Climate Curricula at UN Summit

    December 07, 2016

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted side events and launched publications at the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, calling on countries to include climate change education and "Education for Sustainable Development" in their national curricula to encourage students to pursue more "sustainable" lifestyles.

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