In an effort to step up the contributions of the global RCE network beyond the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), and in order to strengthen its capacities towards implementing the SDGS and the priorities of the Global Action Programme on ESD, it is necessary to protect the integrity of the global RCE network and to promote the quality of practice, consistent with the principles of good governance.

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), which represents the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, took place for a second time, under the overarching theme of “Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Assembly culminated in several resolutions and a global call to action to address the critical environmental challenges, facing the world today.

Below article is an extract from http://urbanagendaforthe.eu/pactofamsterdam/ 

EU Member States met on 30 May to sign the Pact of Amsterdam and establish the Urban Agenda for the EU.

The New Urban Agenda will be the outcome document agreed upon at the Habitat III cities conference in October 2016. In turn, it will guide the efforts around urbanization of a wide range of actors — nation states, city and regional leaders, international development funders, United Nations programmes and civil society — for the next 20 years. This document aims to guide sustainable urbanization globally over next two decades. This will hopefully jump-start political negotiations ahead of the Habitat III conference in October.

This report is a summary of delegate reports with kind contributions by Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana (UNU-IAS), Ikuno Suzuki (UNU-IAS), Kim Smith (RCE Greater Portland) and Jim Taylor.(WESSA).

Over 750 participants from 22 countries shared their thoughts on the role of education in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the international conference ‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals’, which began at CEE, on 11th January, 2016. 

The Nature Group Task Force of the Commons Cluster is growing rapidly. They now completed their report on integrating Nature into urban environments. So far reports on Integrating Nature into Education (SDG 4); and into Gender considerations (SDG 5) have been produced. You are warmly invited to use these Reports for your work on the 2030 Agenda and SDGs.