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SDSN Caribbean Host Institution Organizes Climate & Education Symposium

By UWI and SDSN Caribbean

Original shared by UWI Cavehill/SDSN-Caribbean on December 13, 2024.

On Friday, December 13, 2024, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Institute for Climate Smart and Resilient Development (GICSRD) and the UWI School of Education Cave Hill Campus organized a Climate and Education Symposium focused on climate education in the Caribbean and building resilience for future generations.

With climate change a key topic, the Symposium was held shortly after the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku (November 11-22, 2024) and the 13th Caribbean Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Conference (December 2-6, 2024). Speakers argued that climate change and its impacts should be a key topic discussed and taught in educational settings. The Symposium aimed to:

  1. To enable stakeholders to share what has been done in climate education.
  2. To identify gaps in education whether formal/informal and plan for the next 5-10 years.
  3. To enable secondary school teachers to share climate education experiences.

This event was well attended by a range of speakers, including representatives from the SDSN Global Schools Program. You can learn more about the University of the West Indies and SDSN Caribbean here.