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IOC, EU Push Model of Global Ocean Governance
February 21, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has praised the European Commission for using the IOC's "marine spatial planning" process on managing ocean activity to advocate for global governance of marine resources and biodiversity.
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UNESCO: Teach "Global Citizenship" to Prevent Bullying
February 21, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a workshop in Seoul on how its Global Citizenship Education agenda, which seeks to teach students of all ages how to be inclusive and promote "sustainable development," can help prevent bullying based on ethnic discrimination in schools around the world.
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UNESCO Funds Indonesian Projects on "Sustainability"
February 21, 2017
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on projects of its "Management of Social Transformations" (MOST) School on Sustainability Science aimed at advancing the UN's environmental agenda in Indonesia demonstrates the global scope of UNESCO's funding for local programs on adapting to climate change.
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Latin American Ministers Agree to "Sustainability" Education
February 20, 2017
At a recent meeting in Argentina, education ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean committed to a Buenos Aires Declaration for the advancement of the UN's Education 2030 Agenda on promoting "sustainable development" among students of all ages and agreed to establish a regional Secretariat of the Education 2030 Committee.
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UN Initiative Will Push Climate Adaptation Measures
February 20, 2017
The UN Environment Programme, the Netherlands, and Japan have agreed to form a joint initiative called the Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation to provide information on measures the public and private sectors around the world must take to adapt to global warming.
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