UNESCO launches green education initiative

Record temperatures, devastating floods and melting ice regularly make headlines around the world. Climate change is happening and millions of people are feeling its deadly effects. Currently, however, education does not help new generations adopt a more ecological and sustainable lifestyle. There is an urgent need to change the way we teach and learn to empower students to take concrete action on climate change.

This is the key message that UNESCO wants to convey on the occasion of World Environment Day by publishing guidelines for greening schools and school programs, according to the UNESCO website. (More on unesco.org)