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4th International Conference on Environment Education

24 - 28 November, 2007

Ahmedabad, India

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The 4th International Conference on Environment Education opened on 24th November, 2007 in the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, India. It was hosted by the Government of India and co-sponsored by UNESCO and UNEP.

Over 1500 participants from 97 countries came together to attend the conference. There were eight plenary sessions and 30 working group sessions. The outcomes of these participatory sessions have been collected to form the final declaration of the conference.

The event ended on 28th November, 2007 with the final declaration which was endorsed by the participants.

Further information:

Read the declaration (pdf, 50kb) and final recommendations (pdf, 150kb)
Official website of the Conference

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“UNESCO should reaffirm the centrality of education for development. As United Nations lead agency, UNESCO should advocate a more coherent coordination of good governance, quality education, financing education and reducing disparities based on gender or income. We should aspire to inclusive quality education – primary, secondary and higher...I am convinced that Education for Sustainable Development based on the interdependence of environment, economy, society and cultural diversity, is the key to a better and more just world of the 21st century.”

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on Education – the Road Ahead.

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There is not one single correct interpretation and use of ESD. Perhaps ESD can be seen as the total sum of diverse ways to arrive at a ‘learning society’ in which people learn from and with one another and collectively become more capable of withstanding setbacks and dealing with sustainability-induced insecurity, complexity and risks. From this vantage point, ESD is about - through education and learning - engaging people in sustainable development issues, developing their capacities to give meaning to SD and to contribute to its development and utilizing the diversity represented by all people - including those who have been or feel marginalized - in generating innovative solutions to SD challenges and crises.

-Review of Contexts and Structures for ESD 2009

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