In response to the increasing impact of climate change on development and security issues, a
growing number of United Nations organizations work closely with governments to lay the ground
for building green and climate-resilient societies. In 2012, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNICEF,
UNITAR and WMO convened in Doha at COP 18/CMP 8 to launch the Alliance with a view to promoting
meaningful, result-oriented and effective international cooperation in support of the action on
climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation and access to
information on climate change.
Objectives
The objectives of the Alliance are to:
maximize synergies and coherence of activities, avoid duplication of effort and utilize
available expertise and resources in an efficient manner through enhanced coordination;
support Parties to the UNFCCC in their efforts to design, initiate and undertake
activities related to climate change education, training, public awareness, public
participation and public access to information;
establish a clear link between the work of the member organizations and the UNFCCC
process.
developing climate change education and public awareness initiatives and
educational resources, especially for children and young people, to promote more
sustainable and climate smart behaviour.
UNICEF's fundamental mission is to promote the rights of every child,
everywhere, in everything the organization does. On climate change, UNICEF seeks to:
Reduce the effects of climate change on children's rights;
Identify and enhance opportunities to advance the rights of children which arise
from global and local attention on climate change;
Empower children and youth through awareness-raising, education and training on
climate change to become agents of change and participate in global and national
policy dialogues, monitoring and reporting on climate change issues and progress, as
well as contribute to climate solutions.
United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI)
Promoting global awareness and understanding of the United Nations' work on
climate change;
Building partnerships and fostering dialogue with global constituencies such as
academia, civil society, the entertainment industry, educators and youth to encourage
support for the activities of the United Nations on climate change;
Working with the media to help cover various aspects of the United Nations’
work on climate change;
UNDP works with national, regional, and local stakeholders to help them respond
effectively to climate change and promote low-emission, climate-resilient development.
UNDP support focuses on three areas: connecting countries to knowledge, experience and
resources to help people increase their resilience to climate impacts and shift
production and consumption practices so they are not harmful to the environment;
helping countries build more resilient societies; and strengthening the capacity of
countries to access, manage and account for climate finance through, inter alia:
Providing training to enhance understanding and participation of Governments,
non-governmental organizations and indigenous groups in the international climate
change negotiations;
Producing public awareness materials and providing technical expertise for the
organization of awareness-raising events and enhanced stakeholder engagement at the
national and sub-national level;
Strengthening institutions and leadership on climate change at the national and
sub-national level;
Supporting national stakeholders to develop the infrastructure and capabilities
needed to access, analyse and apply data to build the resilience of national
development strategies, priorities and plans;
Contributing to climate change education at schools, universities and
institutions.
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
UN Women works towards the achievement of equality between women and men as partners
and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and
security. To help ensure that discussions and work on climate change education,
training, public awareness, participation and access to information reflect a gender
perspective and are gender-responsive, UN Women:
Supports intergovernmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women
(CSW), and does advocacy at the UNFCCC, the General Assembly and SIDS 2014 process,
among others;
Advances women’s leadership and participation in the UNFCCC process through
Building capacity of women in government ministries and/or delegates to the
UNFCCC through trainings and networking activities.
Working with partners in advocacy on gender equality and climate change through
outreach to Member States, publications, co-organisation of and participation in
side-events and other high-level meetings and conferences;
Supporting countries and regions through programmes on the ground to develop
gender-responsive climate policies and strengthening women’s capacity to cope
with climate change impacts.
Supporting countries in designing, launching and implementing national climate
change outreach programmes and developing long-term national action plans and
strategies on Article 6;
Promoting the integration of environment and sustainability concerns into
teaching, research, community engagement and the management of universities as well
as providing training courses on sustainable development, preparedness for disaster
risk reduction, environment risk reduction and environmental law through the
Global Universities
Partnership on Environment for Sustainability;
Developing and implementing outreach programmes with the Tunza Network, children and youth
organizations, and through partnerships with the scouts, girl guides, school
children, students etc.;
Providing training and mentoring workshops for journalists, particularly from
developing countries;
Producing information materials such as publications, atlases, audiovisuals and
graphics that are widely disseminated among climate change focal points, decision
makers and civil society;
Educating young people on sustainable consumption through the joint YouthXchange Initiative with UNESCO,
and through engagement in the Think.Eat.Save
Campaign against food waste and unsustainable consumption with FAO.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Servicing intergovernmental negotiation related to Article 6 of the Convention
and the implementation of the Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention;
Hosting and promoting the Climate Change Information Network Clearinghouse
CC:iNet, which
provides information and resources on the implementation of Article 6 of the
Convention;
Hosting the Secretariat for the One UN Training Service Platform on Climate
Change UN CC:Learn, a partnership of 33
multilateral organizations which supports countries in designing and implementing
results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO is the lead agency for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (DESD, 2005-2014), which seeks to mobilize the educational resources of
the world to help create a more sustainable future. Within the framework of the DESD,
UNESCO responds to climate change through education;
United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU - IAS)
Advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), including climate change
related training, education, research and action, through its ESD programme by:
promoting the incorporation of ESD into curricula at all levels of education
and in all levels of society to increase general knowledge of ESD-related issues
globally, while improving international actions related to ESD;
developing learning systems for sustainable development through its 127
Regional Centres of Expertise on
ESD that are comprised of regional and local networks of organizations
representing, among others, institutions of formal and non-formal learning
including universities, schools, municipalities, civil society organisations and
private sector;
enabling global exchange of experiences and innovative practices for capacity
development and their institutionalization.
Assisting countries to develop education and training programmes on weather,
climate and water with the aim of strengthening scientific and operational
capabilities and public weather services;
Raising public awareness of the most recent scientific findings about climate
variability and climate change.
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