According to the United Nations, education and training is a crucial part of tackling climate change.
According to the United Nations, education and training is a crucial part of tackling climate change.
Three landmark UN policy programs aim to empower and support governments to accelerate solutions through education, training and public awareness as they work to mitigate and adapt to climate change. For University of Saskatchewan researcher Dr. Marcia McKenzie (PhD) and her international collaborators, understanding how these UN policy programs are shaped will help ensure the effectiveness of climate change education (CCE) around the world.
“We know from previous research that the level and quality of engagement with sustainability issues in education has been significantly influenced by UN policy programs in the past,” said McKenzie, director of the Sustainability Education Research Institute in USask’s College of Education. “Therefore, it is important that newly developing policy programs are as strong as possible in order to have the most impact.”
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