Dubai Cares joins COP27 efforts by emphasising importance of integrating climate, education to achieve global climate goals

Dubai Cares joins COP27 efforts by emphasising importance of integrating climate, education to achieve global climate goals

DUBAI,13th November, 2022 (WAM) – Highlighting the importance of integrating education and climate to achieve global education transformation, Dubai Cares, a civil society organisation formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, recently participated at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

Marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP27 began on 6th and concludes on 18th November, 2022, at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in 2015, to limit global warming to well below 2° Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.

Dubai Cares’ participation in the event centred on its ongoing efforts to highlight the powerful connection between climate action and education that reflects the interconnectedness of all Sustainable Development Goals.

The UAE-based global philanthropic organisation’s narrative at COP27 was built on the recommendations of its Framework for Global Education Transformation and the Rewiring Education for People and Planet report that call for a whole-of-society ecosystem approach built on cross-sectoral collaboration as crucial to leveraging education for the achievement of all SDGs.

One of the report’s six win-win solutions, in particular, addresses climate change by asking stakeholders to