The second version of the RewirEd Summit, which was hosted inside COP28’s Green Zone, has made historical past by bringing training to the forefront of local weather motion, to impression billions of youngsters and youth.
It introduced collectively greater than 1,000 individuals, together with two heads of state, 22 ministers, and 28 CEOs, with 260 audio system, representing 209 entities and 76 nations, main a dialogue that showcased the highly effective options that exist on the climate-education intersection.
The summit put the highlight on modern options that might allow the rewiring of training methods in ways in which would empower youngsters and youth to actively contribute to local weather motion at each stage of studying.
Its agenda featured 35 classes, with each dialogue bringing collectively key actors from numerous sectors to form a collective path ahead, and ensured the inclusion of youth in virtually all of the classes.
The programming noticed ministers of training, worldwide cooperation, local weather and atmosphere, joined by college students, academics, youth advocates, in addition to subject material specialists, local weather champions, improvement sector representatives, indigenous leaders, and lots of others.
And it’s a wrap! We thank everybody who participated on this historic version of the #RewirEdSummit at COP28 UAE. As conveyed by H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, our CEO and Vice-Chairman, in his closing remarks, “We have elevated training to its rightful place as essentially the most highly effective engine… pic.twitter.com/fBrHlBD0D1
— RewirEd Summit (@RewirEd_Summit) December 8, 2023
Key bulletins
- UNICEF and Generation Unlimited launched ‘Green Rising’, which can over the subsequent three years (2023-2025), create pathways for no less than 10 million youngsters and youth, particularly women, in growing nations to take grassroots motion via volunteering; inexperienced abilities constructing, jobs and entrepreneurship; in addition to advocacy – whereas mobilizing lots of of thousands and thousands extra to do the identical via an ecosystem of different public, personal, and youth stakeholders.
- The Aga Khan Foundation launched a brand new on-line portal of over 100 teacher-led, teacher-tested, and teacher-approved local weather motion options for training from greater than 60 nations, co-funded by Dubai Cares. The basis additionally introduced a brand new mechanism on the nation degree, for advancing local weather motion in and thru faculty and system-level collaborative networks, titled “Policy-Practice Translational Mechanism for Climate Education”.
- In collaboration with Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), the Governments of the Kyrgyz Republic and Malawi introduced plans to hyperlink early childhood improvement and foundational studying with local weather resilience and motion of their nations.
- The Social Investment Programme (SIP), an initiative led by Dubai Cares, with Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, underneath the World Food Programme’s School Meals Coalition, launched the primary ever world social impression bond that can scale up sustainable homegrown faculty feeding packages in Senegal, and catalyze the event of a sustainable personal post-secondary Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme round local weather and inexperienced skilling, and promote girls entrepreneurship in resilient agricultural worth chains.
- The Summit additionally witnessed the launch of the ‘Planet-Friendly School Meals White Paper’ by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition. Rwanda, Kenya, and Sierra Leone are among the many first nations to announce their dedication to implementing the suggestions outlined within the White Paper.
- In partnership with Dubai Cares, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) introduced the launch of the Green Jobs for Youth Online Training and Mentoring Programme to empower youth in selecting careers that contribute to fixing the local weather disaster and improve their potential in driving system transformation round Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on Climate Action, and different SDGs.
- The African Union Commission introduced the theme for the 12 months 2024 on Education: “Educate an African Fit for the 21st Century: Building Resilient Education Systems for Increased Access to Inclusive, Lifelong, Quality, and Relevant Learning in Africa”, and highlighted their plans to remodel training throughout the continent by rethinking training fashions.
