Education Day

High-level event: Education - A key driver to scale-up climate action

13.15-14.45

Room Arctic

This high-level event will discuss how education accelerates implementation of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals. The event will also feature the launch of the Action for Climate Empowerment Guidelines and the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report.

This event is organized by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, in partnership with the UNFCCC, UNESCO and the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness.

Speakers:        

• Her Royal Highness, Princess Lalla Hasnaa of Morocco
• Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
• Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO
• Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Kingdom of Morocco

• Mr. Manos Antoninis, Global Education Monitoring Report Team UNESCO
• Young reporters from Morocco, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa 

UN Side Event on Climate Change Education: Leaving No One Behind in Climate Change Education

18:30 to 20:00

Room: Pacific

This side event will discuss and share experiences, good practices, and lessons learned on climate change education. It will showcase climate change education beyond the classroom - respecting the rights and needs of refugees, indigenous peoples and people with disabilities.

UN Alliance Meeting at COP 22

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the UN Alliance Meeting at COP 22 which will take place on Monday, 14 November from 20:00 to 21:00 in room 6 to discuss the UN Alliance activities in 2017 and beyond. We will organize it immediately after the UN side event on Education because some colleagues informed us that they will be at COP 22 only during the Education Day.
 
Please find below the discussion points of the meeting for your suggestions:
 
- UN Alliance activities in 2017 and beyond

- Update on members activities 

- WWViews consultation

- Other business