Learning Cities Webinar: Multi-stakeholder approaches to addressing local-level climate challenges

On 20 March 2024, the webinar series: ‘Building green, inclusive and climate-resilient urban communities – the learning cities approach’ by the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, was launched with the first webinar on ‘Charting a course together: multi-stakeholder approaches to addressing local-level climate challenges’.

This webinar examines coordinated responses to lifelong learning for climate action, including the responsibilities of stakeholders in local government, the private sector, formal and non-formal education institutions and civil society organizations, among others.

Programme

Welcome
Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

Presentation: 'Collaboration for sustainability and climate action across different levels of government’
Mr Mark Manns, Programme Specialist, Education for Sustainable Development Section, UNESCO

Experiences from UNESCO Learning Cities
Mr Denis Barret, Learning City Co-ordinator, Cork City Council, Ireland
Ms Gabriela Arroyo Cowie, International and Interinstitutional Relations Office, District Secretariat of Education, Bogotá, Colombia
Eunok Jeon, Team leader of Citizenship Education Policy Team, Eunpyeong-gu, Republic of Korea
Discussion
Closing: Mr Raúl Valdés-Cotera, Chief Programme Coordinator, a.i., UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Moderator: Ms Edith Hammer, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning