Event
Webinar ‘Charting a course together: multi-stakeholder approaches to addressing local-level climate challenges’
On 20 March 2024, the webinar series: ‘Building green, inclusive and climate-resilient urban communities – the learning cities approach’ by the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, will be launched with the first webinar on ‘Charting a course together: multi-stakeholder approaches to addressing local-level climate challenges’.
Currently responsible for around 75 per cent of global CO2 emissions, cities – and in particular the transport systems and office buildings – play a pivotal role in the world’s response to the climate crisis. In addition to being central to the transformation to inclusive and green economies, cities are also at the forefront of efforts to empower local communities with the knowledge and skills that are needed to break long-established patterns of unsustainable consumption, production and mobility. UNESCO learning cities, with their strong expertise in lifelong learning, are uniquely positioned to instil climate consciousness and equip local residents with the green skills essential for a sustainable society.
A multi-stakeholder approach is fundamental to promoting lifelong learning for climate action. Knowledge exchange, strengthening partnerships, and collaboration are vital to addressing the many challenges caused by global warming. Although getting everyone on board comes with its own set of challenges, a whole-city approach is nevertheless key to developing greener, more resilient communities.
The first webinar in this series will therefore examine coordinated responses to lifelong learning for climate action, including the responsibilities of stakeholders in local government, the private sector, formal and non-formal education institutions and civil society organizations, among others.
It will explore how key actors can be motivated to act as advocates for sustainable development, as well as how public-private partnerships and sustainable financing models can be cultivated to promote climate action.
Time
20 March 2024, 13:00 to 14:00 (CET)
Registration
Programme
- Welcome
Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Presentation: 'Collaboration for sustainability and climate action across different levels of government’
Mr Mark Manns, Programme Specialist, Education for Sustainable Development Section, UNESCO
- Experiences from UNESCO Learning Cities
- Mr Denis Barret, Learning City Co-ordinator, Cork City Council, Ireland
- Ms Gabriela Arroyo Cowie, International and Interinstitutional Relations Office, District Secretariat of Education, Bogotá, Colombia
- Eunok Jeon, Team leader of Citizenship Education Policy Team, Eunpyeong-gu, Republic of Korea
- Discussion
- Closing: Mr Raúl Valdés-Cotera, Chief Programme Coordinator, a.i., UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Moderator: Ms Edith Hammer, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Languages
Arabic, English, French, Korean, Spanish
About the webinar series
Leading up to the sixth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 6) themed 'Learning cities at the forefront of climate action,' the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) hosts the webinar series ‘Building green, inclusive and climate-resilient urban communities – the learning cities approach’.
The webinars will explore a variety of topics related to learning city development, with a particular emphasis on how the climate crisis affects local communities. Special attention will be given to examining the connections between the climate emergency and other thematic areas of focus within the global network, including lifelong learning for health and global citizenship education. The primary goal of the webinars is to facilitate exchange and peer-learning among GNLC members. Summaries of the sessions will subsequently be compiled to inform a background document for ICLC 6.
