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11/22/23, 3:07 PM COP28: Green education prepares future generations to lead climate action pathway
initiative that aims to enhance the role of education in achieving the SDGs and integrating the climate
agenda into the country's educational system.

This initiative aims to enhance the role of education in achieving the SDGs and integrating the climate
agenda into the educational system.

In conjunction with the launch of this initiative, the Ministry of Education has committed to sign several

partnerships that aim to achieve the targets of the Green Education Roadmap.

The Ministry of Education has signed a strategic partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) to launch the 'Greening Capacities Initiative'. The initiative aims to advance climate education
and action among children and youth to help them adapt and prepare for the repercussions of climate

change.

The partnership revolves around "Greening Capacities", one of the four pillars of the roadmap. Through
this partnership, both parties will launch and execute three joint programmes, namely Educators
Training, Net Zero Heroes, and the Children's Art Competition. These programmes aim to create a
meaningful impact, empowering students and educators to navigate climate changes and work towards

a better environmental future.

Through the programmes, the Ministry of Education aims to provide each learner with the knowledge,
skills, values, and attitudes necessary to address climate change and promote sustainable
development. This will be achieved through professional development for every teacher, educator, and

school principal in the UAE in partnership with UNICEF.

The two sides are also working to provide children with the opportunity to express their views during the
period leading up to COP28 through the Educators Training – "Climate Education Pioneers", Net Zero
Heroes initiative, and Children's Art Competition.

The Ministry also launched the "Educator's Voice" initiative, in cooperation with the Office for Climate

Education (OCE) and "Alef Education," to highlight the efforts of educational staff in raising awareness,
addressing climate change, and preparing for its potential impacts during COP28.

The cooperation with OCE came to enhance educator participation to showcase their climate projects
from around the world, organise side events related to climate action in the Education Pavilion, and

consolidate a distinguished legacy for the post-COP28 phase by translating all the resources of OCE
into Arabic for widespread use and dissemination in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The initiative includes organising the third edition of the TeachersCOP competition, which was created
by OCE, and is considered an international event that aims to inform international officials and decision-
makers about the work of teachers and the role they play in facing challenges and strengthening the

global response to climate change.

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