{"id":7129,"date":"2017-12-13T07:48:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7129"},"modified":"2017-12-13T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:51:00","slug":"13-d-the-surreal-theatre-of-cop-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2017\/12\/13\/13-d-the-surreal-theatre-of-cop-23\/","title":{"rendered":"The surreal theatre of COP 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/events\/thematic-day-education-unfccc-climate-conference-parties-cop-23\">COP 23<\/a>? \u00a0Me neither \u2013 and I missed COPs 1 to 22 as well. \u00a0Black UN marks all round, I fear, and I'll not be invited to the December multi-faith Festival party again this year.<\/p>\n<p>The news that \"Education and Education for Sustainable Development, both formal and non-formal\", were given an entire <a href=\"http:\/\/en.unesco.org\/events\/thematic-day-education-unfccc-climate-conference-parties-cop-23\">day<\/a> in the COP says a lot about the bloated nature of this recurring jamboree.<\/p>\n<p>This was the UNESCO (with UN partners and other organisations) plan for the day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u2022 10:00-10:45,<\/strong> Press Conference to open the Education Day and to launch a compilation of Case studies on climate change education for mitigation and adaptation by the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), India, UNESCO and UNFCCC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 11:30-13:00,<\/strong> The COP Presidency, UNFCCC and UNESCO organise a \"high-level\" debate [**] on Education and global partnerships working to combat climate change. This event will bring together environment and education ministers and international organizations to discuss how education and global partnerships can enhance the implementation of climate agendas. Invited panelists include the President of Fiji; HRH Princess Lalla Hasna from Morocco, UNFCCC Secretary General; UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences and Ministers of Education and Environment (ADGNSMEE).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 13:15-14:45,<\/strong> \u00a0UNAACE [The UN Alliance on Action for Climate Empowerment] will organize a side event on Partnerships as key to changing minds and actions in order to scale-up adaptation and mitigation (CCA&amp;M). The side event will demonstrate the tangible contribution that learning and skills development is already making to climate change adaptation and mitigation and present new types of partnerships needed to engage a critical mass of children, youth, professionals, decision-makers and society as a whole in climate action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 10:00\u201318:00,<\/strong> UNESCO organizes several discussion rounds including on schools climate readiness, teacher education for climate change, youth leadership and greening TVET at a dedicate UNESCO pavilion. These will be animated by UNESCO and GAP Key partners, experts, practitioners and youth representatives from around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 10:00\u201317:00,<\/strong> UNESCO, UNITAR and UNEP support the UN exhibition booth for SDG 4.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It's a fair conclusion that none of this contributes anything positive (now or in the future) to combating climate change, and not one microgram of carbon will have been saved. \u00a0I almost feel sorry for UNESCO \u2013 but not quite.<\/p>\n<p>......................<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why are UNESCO debates always \"high level\"? \u00a0And why do they always have to include a princess? \u00a0I'm beginning to understand why I'm never invited ...<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you go to\u00a0COP 23? \u00a0Me neither \u2013 and I missed COPs 1 to 22 as well. \u00a0Black UN marks all round, I fear, and I'll not be invited to the December multi-faith Festival party again this year. 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