Education for sustainable development | UNESCO

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is UNESCO’s response to the urgent challenges facing our planet. 

Education for Sustainable Development empowers people with the knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and behaviors to live in a way that is good for the environment, economy, and society. It encourages people to make smart, responsible choices that help create a better future for everyone.  

UNESCO’s ESD for 2030 programme produces and shares knowledge, offers policy guidance and technical support to countries, and implements projects on the ground. It fosters peer learning and innovation through information, networks and partnerships.  

Within this framework, UNESCO hosts the Secretariat of the Greening Education Partnership which aims to strengthen countries’ capacity to provide quality climate change education and ‘green’ every aspect of learning.