Focal point: Mr. Reuben Sessa
Email: reuben.sesssa@fao.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• Building capacity of stakeholders, in particular small holders in developing countries, to combat and adapt to climate change through, inter alia:
  • supporting the adoption of climate smart agriculture practices, policy and finance approaches;
  • supporting farmer field and junior farmer field and life schools programmes;
  • 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. www.fao.org/climatechange/youth/en/ and www.yunga.org

Focal point: Ms. Stephanie Hodge
Email: shodge@unicef.org

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• Supporting countries in adopting a child-friendly approach to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction by developing resource materials, conducting trainings at the local and national level, and organizing international expert meetings;

• In 2013, UNICEF is the chair of the UN Inter-Agency Committee for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) , for which UNESCO is the lead agency. This committee brings together 22 UN agencies all committed to achieving the DESD goals.

http://www.unicef.org/environment/
http://www.unicef.org/cfs/
http://www.unicef.org/education/bege_61668.html

Focal point: Ms. Fanina Kodre-Alexander
Email: fanina.kodre@unep.org

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• 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.

http://www.unep.org/climatechange/

Focal point: Ms. Alla Metelitsa
Email: ametelitsa@unfccc.int

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;

• Organizing the annual dialogue on Article 6 of the Convention;

• Providing the secretariat for the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness;

• Supporting national focal points for 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;

• Coordinating the United Nations Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change to enhance the involvement and participation of children and youth in climate change action.

http://unfccc.int/cooperation_and_support/education_and_outreach/items/2529.php

Focal point: Ms. Amrei Horstbrink
Email: amrei.horstbrink@unitar.org

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

• Supporting learning and capacity development to address climate change through a range of innovative services and products: http://www.unitar.org/climate-change-at-unitar;

• 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.

Focal point: Ms. Julia Heiss
Email: j.heiss@unesco.org

United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (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;
  
• Supporting countries to include climate change and disaster risk reduction in their education policies and plans, curricula and teacher education programmes through its programme on climate change education for sustainable development (CCESD) by inter alia:
  • making national CCESD interventions in pilot countries;
  • providing guidance regarding the integration of climate change responses into education in a holistic manner;
  • facilitating dialogue through international expert meetings;
  • developing teaching and learning resource materials and providing a clearinghouse of information and resources on climate change education.

http://www.unesco.org/education/desd

United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team

Recognizing climate change as “the defining issue of our time”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made addressing climate change among his top priorities as UN Secretary-General. The Secretary-General is actively:

• Supporting governments to build a new legal climate agreement by 2015. Education, training and awareness are important elements for supporting the new agreement;
  
• Promoting action on the ground that educates the public on climate change causes and solutions, and helps empower citizens - including youth - to make an impact in the fight against climate change;
  
• Through his Climate Change Support Team, developing of a number of education and public awareness activities.

http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/pages/gateway/secretary-general

Focal point: Ms. Zinaida Fadeeva
Email: fadeeva@ias.unu.edu

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 116 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.

http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=108&ddlID=54

Focal point: Ms. Elena Villalobos Prats
Email: villalobose@who.int

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Promoting the protection of health from adverse impacts of climate change through its long-standing programme on climate change and human health;
  
• Providing evidence and supporting capacity-building and implementation of projects to strengthen the health system response to climate change through:
  • guidance on how to conduct a health vulnerability and adaptation assessment;
  • guidance to support the implementation of the health national adaptation process;
  • awareness raising tools and manuals on the health impacts of climate change.

http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/

Focal point: Mr. Michael Williams
Email: mwilliams@wmo.int

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• 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.

http://www.wmo.int/pages/themes/WMO_climatechange_en.html