On Friday 14 January, the European Commission published a proposal for a recommendation on learning about environmental sustainability.
The aim of this recommendation is to help Member States, schools, higher education institutions, NGOs and all teaching staff to enable learners to understand issues about sustainability, climate change and environmental issues as well as to develop skills in these areas.
The Commission’s proposal calls on Member States to provide learners of all ages with access to inclusive, high quality education and training on climate change, biodiversity and sustainability.
It also calls for the mobilisation of national and European funds to be invested in sustainable and green infrastructure, training, tools and resources with the intention of increasing resilience and the level of readiness of education and training for the green transition.
See the draft recommendation: https://bit.ly/3qsDa7L
The new European framework of competences for sustainability, which was also published on the same day by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), identifies those competences that are needed for the ecological transition, including critical thinking, initiative, respect for nature and an understanding of the impact of our daily actions and decisions on both climate and the environment on a global scale.
See the competency framework: https://bit.ly/3zYfRpx (Mathieu Bion)