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Green School Quality Standard: Greening Every Learning Environment
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Paris | 2024 | 69 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-92-3-100684-5
ISBN 978-92-3-200320-1
Corporate author: 
UNESCO
Region: 
Global

Climate change threatens our planet and future. Schools and other learning institutions are central places for accelerating climate action among learners and local communities. 

 

By empowering teachers and students to understand climate change in their own context contribute to making societies more sustainable and climate resilient. 

 

This publication provides for the first time ever a quality standard for greening schools and other learning environments. It outlines four core areas for integrating sustainability principles and climate action: 1) school governance, 2) facilities and operation, 3) teaching and learning, and 4) community engagement. 

 

Through the Greening Education Partnership, this standard establishes a common language for all stakeholders to jointly reach the global target of greening at least 50% of schools in all countries by 2030.

 

Policy-makers and ministries in charge of education accreditation schemes, as well as educators, learners and communities are encouraged to use the green school quality standard and join the climate-ready school movement to ensure that every learner is equipped to address climate challenges.

Resource Type: 
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
Theme: 
Sustainable development / sustainability
Level of education: 
Other
Keywords: 
Climate change
environmental education
education for sustainable development
educational environment
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