While ads keep telling us we have to change our behaviour to become more sustainable, we argue in this article that a sustainable world cannot solely be achieved if individuals change their consumption patterns. Of course, individual action counts, however, the responsibility of producers cannot be neglected, and systemic change is needed.
The formal education sector has not yet met the standards required to empower the European youth as key actors in sustainability. Instead, climate change initiatives are coming from the bottom and are the triggers to include climate change in formal curricula. Because Climate change cannot only be assigned to a specific subject a more holistic approach is needed.
This Fact Sheet is part of the series INTERLINKED designed by the Sustainable Development Goals working group from Generation Climate
Europe. The objective of this campaign is to raise awareness of the interlinkages existing between climate change and other SDGs.
Education and public awareness of climate change are essential to promote and achieve sustainable development. The various international bodies, NGOs and governments are engaging in enhancing the quality and inclusion of education to combat climate change and this was reflected in the fourth sustainable development goal of the 2030 Agenda.
Editor’s note: This article is part of the #Interlinked series designed by the Sustainable Development Goals working group from Generation Climate of this campaign is to Europe. The objective is …
Climate change has taken the central stage in the current political discussions around the world, however, it does not affect all regions nor populations equally.
