Marking the halfway point to the 2030 Agenda, the SDG Summit and the Climate Ambition Summit aimed to provide renewed impetus for accelerating the pace of change in the fields of sustainable development and climate action, respectively. The 27th IEF Annual Conference was planned as virtual events in association with the UN Summits.
IEF board member Victoria Thoresen has a new book published on 24 August: Sustainable Development, Education and Learning: The Challenge of Inclusive, Quality Education for all. See the flyer below.
Sustainable Development and Human Prosperity Wilmette Institute Course
10 September-25 November 2020
Explore the profound implications for sustainability of our higher human purpose, and the scientific and spiritual principles to ensure the future prosperity of all humankind.
Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) is a UK Global Challenges Research Fund-supported Network Plus, co-ordinated out of the University of Bristol, working with partners in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It undertakes collaborative research to Transform Education for Sustainable Futures. It is a large (£2.5 million) action research project, with national hubs in India, Rwanda, Somalia and South Africa.
The European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) University for Peace established by the United Nations, organized its fifteenth annual international conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on 25 October 2019 on “The UN Agenda 2030: To Transform the World”. This built on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which mapped out the fundamental transformations required by 2030 to address the many interrelated problems that the world is facing.
