The PM at COP28 – Click here to read a transcript of the PM’s address to COP28.  Here are some comments:  SKY News – The Guardian – BBC – Independent. . COP HUB – The Ministry of Education of the UAE, in collaboration with the Greening Education Partnership and its secretariat at UNESCO, will launch the first ever Greening Education Hub. The hub will host more than 200 side events, emphasizing the pivotal role of education in addressing the climate emergency. Operating over 12 days, the hub will align with the them ..read more

This is a press release from Tide~ Global Learning. Tide~ global learning is a network of teachers and educators. The Elephant Times is our magazine. At the time of COP27, we began a series of online conversations about the educational implications of climate change. This engaged teachers, academics, and education leaders, culminating in two events in Summer 2023. Elephant Times 4.2 distils some of the key thinking from that process and invites further dialogue. This online magazine aspires to stimulate conversations within the education community and with those concerned about, or campaigning ..read more

COP28 Guide – The Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit [ECIU] has produced a visual guide to COP28.  John Lang says that this year’s summit represents the climax of the Paris Agreement’s first Global Stocktake on climate action.  A course correction is necessary and desirable, but is it achievable? . Education at COP28 – You can view education events that are taking place during COP28 c/o EAUC here.  A few of these are virtual events. . COP Pledge  – The UK has pledged £1.6bn at COP28 to tackle deforestation ..read more

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE. Richard writes: “The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.”  Gifford Pinchot. It is no understatement to say tha ..read more

Mock COP student staff are about to head to COP28 and will be running and participating in several events focusing on climate education. Some youth delegates from the Mock COP26 Summit and our Mock Education Ministers Summit will also be attending, sharing the Youth Statement on Quality Climate Education and the Mock COP26 treaty. Watch out for: 3 December 10:00-11:30: Youth advocating at local, national and international levels for climate action, at the DP World Pavilion Impact Hub (Green Zone). Workshop led by Mock COP staff: David Okenwa, Amit Singh ..read more

SDG Playbook –  In partnership with law firm Irwin Mitchell, the UN Global Compact Network [UK] has developed an SDG Playbook for SMEs, a guide for smaller companies to unlock the competitive advantages of embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  You can download the report here. . Listening to Rob Hopkins – If you missed last week’s NAEE AGM you can still listen to what Rob Hopkins said in his presentation on why activists campaigning for a future in which people and the natural world can thrive, need to become much better at speaking to ..read more

The 2023 Fall edition of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine is now published. The content are below. As usual, there are two free articles. You can take out a personal subscription and see all the content and more. Details here. Features Is Leaf Litter Just “Yard Waste”? by Timothy Stewart, Janette Thompson, Kristina Tank, Makayla Buck, Anna Drahos, and Benjamin White A field ecology investigation of the relationship between habitat abundance and biodiversity Educating Earth–Connected Kids by Kerry Crofton (Free Article) Stewards of the future Environmental Education and Inclu ..read more

Today’s post is by David Dixon, NAEE Trustee and author of Leadership for Sustainability: saving the planet one school at a time  (Crown House Publishing, 2022). As usual with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. On Sunday I attended the Remembrance Day service in my local town of Hexham in Northumberland. I haven’t done such a thing for many years and was only at this one because my 9 year old daughter’s Brownie group was asked to attend, along with local Guides, Scouts and Cadets who augmented the soldiers, war veterans and civic dignitaries ..read more

Action for Climate Empowerment – Prof Justin Dillon, NAEE President, recently posted an NAEE blog on his thoughts after attending a stakeholder workshop for Advancing Action for Climate Empowerment in the UK.  The term ‘Action for Climate Empowerment’ (ACE) was adopted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). ACE encompasses actions carried out under Article 6 of the Convention and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement (2015).  Here’s a link to what UCL posted about the event. . Elephant Times – In the context of the need ..read more

Today’s post is by Dr Thomas Bernard, co-founder of STEM publishing company QuestFriendz and co-author of the SuperQuesters series.  SuperQuesters: The Case of the Great Energy Robbery covers environmental themes including renewable energy and is out now.  As ever with our blogs the ideas expressed are not necessarily those of the Association. Introduction The National Curriculum has many advantages; however, it falls short in supporting primary-aged children’s understanding of the climate and sustainability and encouraging them to think practically. Teachers ..read more