The Intersections of Education, Gender, and Climate Action: Exploring the evidence, challenges, and opportunities for change
Climate change is a global crisis—extreme events such as droughts and floods are affecting the ability of children (especially girls) around the world to learn, to thrive and to aspire to a brighter future. While climate change poses risks to education in several ways, education itself has the potential to reduce climate change and its impacts. Access to quality education enhances girls’ ability to adapt to the intensifying impacts of the climate crisis and the overall resilience of their families, communities, and even their countries. This is the first of two complementing events that explore the nexus of climate, education, and gender, starting with a discussion on the evidence and opportunities for change, followed by a youth-led intergenerational conversation on cross-sectoral actions on girls’ education and climate change (Thursday, 21 September).
This session will leverage the energy and promise of the annual UN General Assembly, and mid-point reflections on the Sustainable Development Goals, to engage stakeholders across the education, gender, and climate sectors to deepen collective understanding of the evidence, challenges, and opportunities at the intersections of education, gender, and climate facing the world now and in the future.
In person attendance by invitation only.