11/07/2011
Maiesse Gramacho
The Minister of the Environment, Izabella
Teixeira, welcomed the news that the New
Year's Eve party in Copacabana beach this
year will have the Rio+20 Conference as
its theme. The decision was taken by the
city government and announced last Friday
(July 8).
For the minister, the
initiative is an example of the commitment
necessary for the success of the conference,
which will be held by the UN in the city
of Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. "All
we need is society's commitment, and the
city government of Rio de Janeiro has set
an example. Rio+20 will make 2012 the year
of sustainable development", said the
minister.
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UNESCO to launch course
on climate change education for sustainable
development
26/07/2011
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) will launch a Teacher
Education Course on Climate Change Education
for Sustainable Development (CCESD) in late
2011. The course is being developed for
UNESCO by professors at Sustainability Frontiers,
an international alliance of sustainability
and global educators.
The course will be launched
in advance of the UN Conference on Sustainable
Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) and is designed
to build the capacity of teachers in facilitating
CCESD with the aim of helping young people
to: understand the causes and consequences
of climate change; change their attitudes
and behaviors to mitigate future climate
change; and build resilience in the face
of existing climate change impacts, including
through disaster risk reduction (DRR).
Source: UNESCO, International Institute
for Sustainable Development
