Activists affirm that this would achieve sustainable development goals, and to raise a generation that values the preservation of the environment, and seeks to reduce climate change, since childhood. The organizations concerned in the environment considered during the conference that the environment education must be linked to achieve the sustainable development goals.
Also, civil organizations confirm that young people should be involved in decision -making, as well as providing more opportunities and functions related to the green economy.
Merging education with environmental standards is not easy, as it needs a lot of time and preparation as well as financing.
Referring to the United Nations data for the past year, 47 percent of the national curricula do not refer to climate change, and 40 percent of teachers expressed their lack of trust in themselves to teach the environment related materials, and one in three teachers expressed his willingness and ability to explain the consequences of change Climate.
The educational expert Lami Al -Safadi considered in an interview with “Sky News Arabia” that the school environment is currently not ready to provide such curricula, and she explained: “It is necessary that the educational staff be ready to provide these curricula, which requires their enjoyment of information and methods of providing ideas to students.
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Al -Safadi stressed the importance of providing these curricula in an attractive way that suits the new generation, and keeps pace with the latest information related to this field.
She explained that despite the inclusion of the current curricula of ideas such as recycling and sustainability, it is important to address other aspects, taking into account that the house be the starting point in environmental awareness.
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