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Education systems don’t struggle because they lack plans or policies. They struggle because those plans don’t translate into real change in classrooms. Across many countries, reforms set ambitious goals but stall at the point of implementation. This gap between policy...

This study examines how the vertical integration of climate adaptation can be strengthened in large and decentralized countries. Using Indonesia, Brazil and India as comparative case studies, this working paper identifies the main challenges to and opportunities for...

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) has reached a major milestone with the adoption of Youth4Water, its first flagship initiative entirely dedicated to young people. Read more …..

Our decisions and actions today define where we end up tomorrow. In a rapidly changing world, countries are safeguarding their long-term security and resilience. But without long-term climate planning and coordinated policy and investment, people, livelihoods and...

Which interventions can make transformative impacts in shifting sustainable behavior? A new tool helps decision-makers answer that question. If everyone adopted climate-friendly behaviors like driving EVs, using renewable energy at home or eating less meat, the world...

The resolution drawn up by Vanuatu - a Pacific island nation on the frontline of the climate crisis, and several other countries - was adopted after intense discussion including multiple proposed amendments with 141 votes in favour, eight against and 28 abstentions....

The Quality of Life Initiative is a global effort to enhance urban well-being through data-driven, people-centred measurement, monitoring, and insights implemented by United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and sponsored by the Quality of Life Program...

The multilateral system has enabled cooperation among people, yet it has also enabled inequality, extraction and complicity amidst planetary breakdown. This think piece offers five provocations to reimagine global education governance and to change course. Read...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the latest report delivers a stark warning: the planet's energy balance is...

Around the world, climate change is placing growing pressure on economies and public finances. Floods, droughts and storms are disrupting livelihoods, damaging infrastructure and stretching government budgets, often at the same time as countries are working to sustain...

Education is relevant, as 1 billion children live in countries that are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Not only are children more vulnerable due to their physiological and developmental stages, but climate hazards also disrupt critical services...

With adaptation being a key focus at COP30, it’s time to strengthen the inclusion of the education sector in national adaptation plans processes to support education systems to adapt to climate change to protect the lives, wellbeing and education of children. Read...