UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development

Watch back: Sessions from the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development are now online

From 17 to 19 May 2021, UNESCO held the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Berlin, an opportunity for global discussion and promotion of the transformation of education so we can all #LearnForOurPlanet, which concluded in the 2,800 participants adopting the Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development. 

We are pleased to announce that you can now watch all closed Sessions from this important Conference on UNESCO's YouTube in English, via a dedicated playlist as well as the Opening, Plenary and Closing sessions in French and Spanish.

WATCH THE PLAYLIST

Many of the Sessions had multiple concurrent events, which have been edited together as one video. You can find time stamps that will help you navigate to each of the different sessions in the description of the video by clicking ‘Show More’.
 

Day 1: 17 May 2021

· Opening remarks and keynote speakers on the sustainable development challenges we face today and ways forward

· Session 1 - Plenary: Creating the change we need in the time of planetary crisis – ESD for 2030

· Session 2 - Ministerial Roundtable on the implementation of ESD for 2030 (Part I)

Day 2: 18 May 2021

· Session 4 - Ministerial Roundtable on the implementation of ESD for 2030
(Part II) 

· Session 5 - Responding to planetary challenges through Education for Sustainable Development (A)

· Session 6 - Plenary: Testimonies of transformative action for the SDGs – How does societal change for sustainable development happen?

· Session 8 - Responding to planetary challenges through Education for Sustainable Development (B)

· Session 9 - Putting Education for Sustainable Development into action A (pt.I)

Day 3: 19 May 2021

· Session 11 - Putting Education for Sustainable Development into action A (pt.2)

· Session 12 - Putting Education for Sustainable Development into action B

· Closing - The Time to Learn and Act for Our Planet is Now

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