UN CC:Learn News
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UNITAR Executive Director Signs Further Agreement with Government of Switzerland, on behalf of the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn)
Executive Director, Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, signs an agreement with the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) launching a further implementation phase of the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn).
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UN CC:Learn Launches Guidance Note on National Climate Change Learning Strategies
The UN CC:Learn Secretariat has released a Guidance Note which provides methodological and organizational suggestions for developing a national climate change learning strategy. The Guidance Note responds to the UNFCCC Doha Work Programme which mandates States to prepare a national strategy on Article 6 of the Convention.
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Academia Meets in Bandung, Indonesia, to Ponder the Best Ways in which to Organise Knowledge for Climate Change
The Indonesia National Council on Climate Change in collaboration with the Institute of Technology of Bandung organized a workshop on climate change knowledge management on February 11, 2014. The event was part of the implementation of the National Climate Change Learning Strategy of Indonesia. 160 participants took part in the workshop.
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UN CC:Learn to Be Scaled Up Across Central America
The eight Presidents of the Central America Integration System (SICA) have officially decided to scale-up the UN CC:Learn programme in the region. The Dominican Republic presented the results of their national UN CC:Learn project to SICA members who agreed on January 29th 2014 to work towards the implementation of similar activities in their countries.
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Training for Climate Negotiators Organized in Benin
Thirty negotiators from Benin were trained on the subject of climate change negotiation during a three day workshop in Ouidah. The event was organized by Ministry of Environment of Benin, in partnership with the Centre d’éducation à distance (CED-Benin) and the Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable (IFDD).
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Indonesia Trains National and Sub-National Decision-Makers on REDD+
The National Council on Climate Change (DNPI) and the Ministry of Forestry (MoF) of Indonesia organized a training workshop for decision-makers in Pontianak, West Kalimantan on 21-22 January 2014 to support the implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +).
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Climate Change Training for Health Surveillance Assistants
The Ministry of Health (MOH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) organized frontline training workshops on Climate Change for Health Surveillance Assistants in all the three regions in Malawi.
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Inspiring Climate Change Learning @ COP 19
On the last day of the Warsaw Climate Conference (COP 19) more than 80 delegates, including inter alia three Ministers, two Ambassadors, Members of Parliament, a UN Resident Coordinator, university professors and four teachers, came together to discuss the results of three years of work in five countries.
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Green Balloons at Climate Conference in Warsaw
The COP 19 side event "Combatting Climate Change through Education and Training” (organized by the United Nations Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness) featured nine panellists from a range of youth initiatives, the education sector and UN agencies.
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Institute of Teachers Training and the National Council on Climate Change of the Dominican Republic Graduate 400 Teachers on Climate Change Programme
The National Council for Climate Change and the Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMD) and the National Institute of Education and Training of Teachers (INAFOCAM) invested on 1 November more than 400 teachers who completed the Programme of Education on Climate Change for Sustainable Development, designed by UNESCO, in the Jaragua Hotel.