UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is about to begin

The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is about to start, streaming live from Berlin. 

You can join us by livestreaming any of the below sessions on UNESCO's YouTube via the links below in English or the original language of the speaker and the floor, with no translations. Translated versions of all sessions will be uploaded after they have aired. 

Be part of calling for change by telling us why you want to #LearnForOurPlanet and take part of the global conversation on ESD in the UNESCO LinkedIn Group on Education for Sustainable Development or on #ESDfor2030. 

All times GMT+2

12:00 - 12:30: Opening and congratulatory remarks 

Opening remarks: Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO; Ms Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany 

Congratulatory remarks: Ms Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations; Ms Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC  

Moderator:  Ms Sumi Somaskanda, Journalist, Germany 

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12:30 - 13:00: Keynote speeches

Inspiring short speeches by keynote speakers on the sustainable development challenges we face today and ways forward from Mr Laurent Fabius, President of the Constitutional Council; President, COP21, France; Mr Alexander Gerst, Astronaut and Sustainability Advocate, European Space Agency, Germany;  Ms Pandhita Rajwa Waradhana, student, SMP Labschool Kebayoran, Indonesia 

 
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13:00 - 14:30: Session 1. Plenary: Creating the change we need in the time of planetary crisis – ESD for 2030

Input speech and moderation by Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO and opening input by HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Morocco.

Panel 1
Speakers: Ms Anja Karliczek, Minister, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany; Mr Koichi Hagiuda, Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; Mr George Magoha, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kenya; Ms Marie Levens, Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Suriname; Mr Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister, Ministry of Education, United Arab Emirates. 

Launch of UNESCO’s Learn for our planet report 

Panel 2

Moderated by Vibeke Jensen, Director, Division of Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO. Speakers: Mr Jeffrey Sachs, Director, the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University and President, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Mr Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Ms Susan Hopgood, President, Education International; Ms Eleanor Terralonge, Director, Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Jamaica  

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15:00 - 17:30 Session 2. Ministerial Roundtable on the implementation of ESD for 2030 (part I)

In light of the climate crisis, loss of biodiversity and other environmental challenges, the Ministerial roundtable will discuss country-level challenges and opportunities for ESD, and will present Member States’ plans and commitments to implement ESD for 2030. Moderated by Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO.  
 

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08:00 - 09:30: Session 4. Ministerial Roundtable on the implementation of ESD for 2030 (Part II) 

In light of the climate crisis, loss of biodiversity and other environmental challenges, the Ministerial roundtable will discuss country-level challenges and opportunities for ESD, and will present Member States’ plans and commitments to implement ESD for 2030. Moderated by Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO.

11:30 - 13:00:  Session 6. Plenary: Testimonies of transformative action for the SDGs – How does societal change for sustainable development happen?

Keynote speech by Mr Pedro Pablo Opeka, Priest and founder of Akamasoa, Madagascar. Speakers: Ms Curmira Gulston, ESD Youth Leader, Trinidad and Tobago; Mr Kim Nøhr Skibsted, Executive Director, Grundfos Foundation, Denmark. Moderator: Ms Akpezi Ogbuigwe, Founder, Anpez Centre for Environment and Development, Nigeria 

Panel discussion with audience interaction with speakers and Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Rector, International Islamic University, Malaysia. 

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13:00 - 14:00 Closing: The time to learn and act for our planet is now.

Closing ceremony including presentation of the Berlin Declaration on ESD, announcement of Member States’ commitments and next steps. Summary of the conference by Rapporteurs Mr Arjen Wals, UNESCO Chair, Social Learning and Sustainable Development, University of Wageningen, Netherlands; Ms Ruth Mulenga, student, Copperbelt University, Zambia and Ms Ronja Hallerbach, youpaN, German Youth Panel on ESD, Germany.

Presentation and endorsement of the Berlin Declaration on ESD by Ms Vibeke Jensen, Director, Division of Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO. 

ESD for 2030: Next steps

A series of statements by selected Member States’ representatives on their commitments to implement ESD for 2030. Speakers: Ms Sarah Anyang Agbor, Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Africa Union; Mr Nicolás Trotta, Minister, Ministry of Education, Argentina; Ms Madiha Al Shaibani, Minister, Ministry of Education, Oman; Ms Aishath Ali, Minister, Ministry of Education, Maldives; Ms Matilda Ernkrans, Minister, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden.  

Closing remarks by Mr Christian Luft, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany and Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO.

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