The RewirEd Summit 2023 Programme

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UNICEF, Generation Unlimited’s Green Rising is supporting millions of young people around the world to take action to protect their communities from the climate crisis via volunteering, green skilling, entrepreneurship & jobs, and advocacy. This session will showcase a million+ stories of diverse youth and girls as champions for the planet and demonstrate ways in which Public-Private-Youth partnerships can support these youth-powered actions.

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This session aims to highlight the potential impact, scalability, and sustainability of innovative financing in supporting Climate Resilient Education in Emergencies. Through dynamic panel discussions, we will explore and showcase innovative financing models, mechanisms, and initiatives that have successfully supported climate change and education.

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This session will discuss the relevance of, and insights from, teacher-led climate education solutions for driving and informing national climate education reform, and how to build more collective leadership for climate action in schools. The session concludes by announcing the new ‘’Policy-Practice Translational Mechanism” at the country level and the roadmap for implementing this mechanism.

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Climate change is reshaping the world that young people are due to inherit. Climate impacts are unevenly weighted against the most vulnerable, with young people from developing countries disproportionately bearing the brunt of climate breakdown. According to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, "increasing education including capacity building, climate literacy, and information can facilitate heightened risk perception and accelerate behavioural changes and planning." Climate breakdown is a key barrier for young people to access quality education. A wide range of climate impacts have a negative effect on education systems, educators, and learner outcomes. GCA's flagship report State and Trends in Adaptation 2022 shows that climate crisis has both direct and indirect effects on young people's learning. This includes damage to infrastructure and learning environments, reduced readiness to teach and learn, and disruption of access to education due to climate-related migration and displacement.

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This session is dedicated to exploring how data can be harnessed to enhance the effectiveness and impact of climate education programs. In an age where climate change is a critical global issue, educating the public, particularly younger generations, about its implications is vital. However, the challenge lies not just in delivering this education but in ensuring that it is impactful, relevant, and leads to tangible outcomes in terms of increased awareness, changed behaviors, and policy advocacy.

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Children are exceptionally vulnerable to climate change. Early development is strongly shaped by children's experiences and the environments they grow up in. The impact of climate change compromises these environments, resulting in long-term consequences to children's physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development and the development of their communities. Embedding opportunities for climate action to protect children from climate impacts, along with measures to foster environmental awareness and climate literacy through platforms that promote early childhood development and foundational learning not only improve early development, literacy, numeracy and social-emotional skills, but also provide the solid foundation necessary for building the green skills of the young people who will power the green transition.

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The session aims to explore the pivotal role that green jobs play in fostering both environmental preservation and economic growth. By convening a diverse group of thought leaders, policymakers, and experts from around the world, this session will delve into the intersection of environmental stewardship and employment generation.

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The session will discuss a report drafted for policy makers which summarizes the key lessons from the webinars and the workshops. The report titled- Fostering Youth-led Innovations to Accelerate Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, will be released at the RewirEd Summit 2023 at COP28 alongside a panel discussion on the report will take place.

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The session's focus on "Innovative Education Models for Green Skilling in Emergency Contexts" is timely and vital, especially within the unique climate change challenges faced by the Middle East. This high-level discussion will spotlight the pivotal role of education and youth in mitigating climate change and provide practical models for addressing emergencies globally, catalyzing positive change for both the environment and communities in need.

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The climate crisis is creating a massive transformation of the global economy that will revolutionize the future of work. Education and training systems have the power to equip young people with the knowledge and skills to fully engage in shaping an equitable transition to the emerging green and blue economies. This session will draw from our high-level panelists' experience to provide insights and solutions related to each specific gap. Together, they will offer a comprehensive roadmap of innovative solutions aimed at facilitating a just transition toward a green workforce.

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Guided by data-driven insights and fortified by successful expansions of improving access to education and fostering diversity and inclusion for vulnerable communities, this session explores leveraging nurturing culturally sensitive environments — a path toward an inclusive future where all voices are amplified and every community thrives.

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This session will spotlight the links between climate change, girls’ education, and gender equality. Taking the format of an intergenerational accountability roundtable, the session will feature girls’ and young women’s experiences and leadership in the promotion of gender transformative climate change education and give girls and young women the opportunity to present a set of demands and recommendations to government and multilateral agencies.

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The session delves into this crucial aspect of educational transformation. Traditional funding models in education often fall short when it comes to addressing the unique requirements of climate-focused learning, such as specialized materials, teacher training, and infrastructural modifications for sustainability, as well as addressing the need for planet-friendly school meals and home-grown school feeding as a sustainable solution. Moreover, the economic strain caused by global environmental changes and the COVID-19 pandemic has further tightened the budgets of educational institutions, making the search for alternative funding sources more critical than ever.

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The session will highlight how well-informed policymakers can develop effective climate change policies that consider scientific, social, and economic factors. Bringing education into these policy discussions is one of them. The session will also highlight the importance of a holistic approach to climate change education fostered by collaboration between policy makers and education actors to bridge the gap between theory, policies and practical implementation in schools and classes.

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This session is set to present evidence on how to bridge policy and system gaps, foster dialogue and ensure effective cross-sectoral collaboration between climate change, education and disability actors. It will also showcase solutions for forming new and effective partnerships across sectors at national level, between governments, UN entities, organizations of persons with disabilities, climate movements and wider civil society. In addition, the session highlights the importance of embedding disability-inclusion into UNFCCC processes, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

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To address the interconnected climate and education challenges, Save the Children, the Green Climate Fund and the Global Partnership for Education have developed an initiative to rapidly accelerate climate adaptation efforts in the education sector. The initiative, BRACE (Building the climate resilience of children and communities through the education sector), will catalyze an initial USD 70 million in funding to accelerate adaptation efforts in the education sector in Tonga, South Sudan and Cambodia. BRACE will be the first large- scale project supported by GCF, GPE and SCA that targets the climate resilience of the education sector. It will directly reach 4 million children and young people as beneficiaries and partners in climate adaptation action.

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In an era where children, the least contributors to climate change, disproportionately bear its brunt, ensuring robust Early Childhood Development (ECD) in even the most adverse conditions is not just necessary; it is imperative. This session delves into the realm of ECD within the context of Education in Emergencies, a critical aspect of our times. It will showcase programs and commitments that don't just adapt to the challenges but actively nurture the potential guardians of a greener, more resilient tomorrow.

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The session will showcase novel data and evidence on the bi-directional relationship between education and climate change through a series of short and impactful talks: from the climate change impacts on education outcomes to the power of education in galvanizing climate action through improved mindsets and behaviors, skills, and innovation. The five thematic talks, each accompanied by novel data, will focus on: 1) the role of education in climate action, 2) the learning cost of carbon, 3) improving climate literacy by understanding climate beliefs and behaviors, 4) fostering green citizenship through education, and 5) busting myths about green skills: surprising insights about green skills from different contexts. These talks will leverage evidence, data, and actionable guidance produced by the World Bank on how to harness education investments for effective climate action.

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This session brings together various multisectoral decision-makers who can influence the learning experiences of youth and ensure they are ingrained with a sense of responsibility towards the people and the planet.  The session also aims to empower youth with future skills including digital and green competencies, ensuring they have the opportunity to share their ambitions and positive experiences and expectations of a resilient and purposeful educational system.  artnerships for Responsible Education

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This session will support a movement to ensure that education is central to climate action, enhance linkages with other sectors and highlight the need for deep and substantive cross-sectoral collaboration within and outside of education to create a more sustainable, prosperous, and equitable world. The event will also bring the voices of youth to the forefront and their demands for climate action and climate justice in and through education.

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The private sector can play a critical role in driving progress towards education goals and climate ambitions. Private actors' unique strengths in innovation, resource mobilization, and global reach make them key players in education transformation. Yet, the private sector's engagement in education has historically often centered on the provision of funding to education, the creation of jobs, or a mix of both. This means that the sector's potential as a powerful voice in contributing to education transformation, particularly in the context of climate change, remains largely untapped

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This session will explore priority actions for building the skills required for the energy transition as well as how cooperative efforts can accelerate action in areas such as skills roadmaps; curriculum development; empowering educators and policy implementation.

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The event will highlight concrete examples of how countries can mainstream climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability into education sector plans, budgets and strategies and share specific country experiences and learnings that can be taken forward. The panel will feature diverse voices, including government representatives, youth leaders, civil society organizations and policy makers to generate momentum for action around the climate change and education nexus.

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Ministries of education can shape the agenda of their countries in terms of education. They appear as main actors in transforming policies and enabling strategic investment toward both education goals and climate ambitions. By bringing and listening to actual ministers of education from across the globe, we can learn from global leaders for driving climate change. The session aims to highlight the importance of working on a systematic approach to strengthening education systems around the world while reinforcing the impact of Climate actions. We hope this meeting will be an exciting space to amplify the importance of addressing climate challenges systematically. Also, we aim to understand which challenges ministers of education face when addressing climate in their policies.

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This session is a key moment in the wider journey of youth taking action for climate education by engaging with their governments on the Mock EMS outcomes, ensuring legacy through national government policy. Through the Mock EMS young people took part in an online summit, preceded and followed by capacity building workshops and have been supported to meet and collaborate with education ministers in their own countries. This high-level dialogue will showcase the work of young people on this journey and ensure more ministers raise ambition for quality climate education and have the opportunity to collaborate with young people to integrate climate into education.

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The session discusses prioritizing the integration of education and skills development in the climate agenda, emphasizing their pivotal role in facilitating the transition of African Member States towards resilient, green economies. It advocates for increased investments in education and the development of green skills, highlighting their potential to catalyze the emergence of green jobs and industries, consequently fostering sustainable economic growth.

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In this session, global leaders, education ministers, and innovators will converge to explore the transformative power of education in the face of climate change. This event will spotlight how technology can be used to build resilience in education, so that learning continues during crises. Featuring insights from Ministries of Education, GPE, Microsoft and UNICEF we will illuminate how we are leveraging emerging technology, public-private strategic partnerships, data and insights to build resilience in education and bring learning and skilling opportunities to children and young people.

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Policy changes to school meals programmes can immediately strengthen the community response to environment and climate and, through the power of procurement, help change agricultural practices in the longer term. A new White Paper produced by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition shows that school meals offer this unique opportunity because of their reach and scale: in many countries school meals represent more than 70% of all publicly managed food systems.

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This session will put forward a set of recommendations on how education can support refugees in mitigating and adapting the impacts of climate change for refugees, which will be refined during consultations in 2024, and will inform the programme pledge announced by UNHCR in connected higher education at RewirEd.

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The session showcases findings and solutions by our Youth Insiders bridging the intersection of climate change and biodiversity with industry leaders and global experts.  ‘Youth Insiders’ is an initiative within the Emirates Nature - WWF that convenes young professionals, ages 25-35, who excel in their respective fields (e.g. - Finance, FMCG, Architecture, Fashion, Energy, Transport, Retail, Waste, and Agriculture/Food) and provides them with leadership development and mentorship to identify systemic solutions addressing planetary challenges across industries and borders.

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The session titled Cultivating Wellness: School Health and Nutrition for a Sustainable Future addresses the critical role that health and nutrition play in the educational and overall development of students. In the context of growing concerns about childhood obesity, malnutrition, and mental health issues, this session focuses on the need for integrated health and nutrition programs in schools.

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In this session, we explored the vital intersection of climate education and life skills, emphasizing the significance of an interdisciplinary approach for more effective and holistic learning experiences. We delved into practical strategies and best practices, examining how the integration of climate education with critical thinking, problem-solving, and resilience training can enrich the educational landscape. By identifying potential long-term impacts, such as the cultivation of environmentally conscious and socially responsible individuals, we aim to highlight the transformative potential of this integrated approach in addressing and adapting to the challenges posed by climate change.

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This session will lead an insightful discussion on barriers that prevent access to skills development within the formal education framework and how to overcome these barriers by transforming skills development through ‘leave no one behind’ non-formal education pathways that are accessible and available to all.  The session will also underscore the need to impart young people with green skills and empower them to drive meaningful change.

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This connectivity has armed young people across the world with unprecedented tools for innovation, enabling them to enact positive changes that often ripple through their communities. Seeing the need for adaptation and mitigation, leveraging technology and connectivity to rewire our education systems has become an imperative. This session investigates the pioneering education technologies harnessing the power of connectivity for all to build a digital and future-proof generation ready to tackle tomorrow’s climate challenges.

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The session focuses on this critical juncture, particularly examining the interplay between initiatives for climate action and the evolving landscape of educational reforms. At a time when the impact of climate change is becoming more pronounced, there is a growing recognition of the need to embed sustainability and environmental awareness within the educational sector.

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