The environment, along with nuclear weapons, now looms as an existential threat to the survival of humanity. We hope that peace educators will observe World Environment Day by reflecting on how this issue relates to and impacts the curricula and pedagogy of their respective approaches to peace education.
“The war in Ukraine threatens not only sustainable development, but the survival of humanity. We call upon all nations, operating in accordance with the UN Charter, to put diplomacy to the service of humanity by ending the war through negotiations before the war ends us all.” – Sustainable Development Solutions Network
A new UNEP report tackling the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies officially launched during an online press briefing.
The 2021 two-week online Global Solutions Lab (June 13-26) is focused on developing strategic solutions for reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview Professor Yoshiro Tanaka, Executive Trustee, Provost and Executive Vice President for Graduate Education and Research at J. F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, Japan, shares with UNAI an educator’s point of view on peace education.
Sport and physical activity can help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of people. Investing in sport programmes and policies can build global resilience to deal with future global shocks. A recent report from the United Nations Secretary-General details how.
A women’s appeal to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24, 2020) and the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations.
In this Corona Connection, we introduce The Manifesto for a New Normality, a campaign by the Latin American Council for Peace Research (CLAIP), whose purpose is to generate a stream of critical opinion of normality prior to the pandemic. This campaign also aims to stimulate citizen commitment to the participative construction of a new just and necessary normality through awareness and collective reflection.
These free online courses, offered by universities and NGOs, often provide a hands-on experience with international organizations that are working to achieve the SDGs through their work.
Angola’s Minister of Education, Maria Cândida Teixeira, has stressed the role of the education sector in underpinning the peace and sustainable development of the societies.
This research by Kaisa Savolainen explores the question of how do culturally, politically, and economically different actors together define education as it relates to peace, and what is the outcome when education is a normative instrument of UNESCO?
On March 6, the United States Institute of Peace hosted a panel discussion on how to mobilize behind a roadmap that will put peace at the heart of the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. Peace education plays an important role in promoting “peace, justice and strong institutions.”