Co-hosted by the RCE Yokohama Youth Group and UNU-IAS, the 6th Japan RCE Youth Meeting was held in Yokohama, Japan on 16 and 17 February 2024. It was attended by 15 youth members from 7 RCEs across the country. The event coincided with the Working- level Meeting of Japanese RCEs hosted by RCE Yokohama with 19 participants.  

RCE Dobong-gu invites youth to join 'Global ESD Youth Project Neuru Season 4', a project to improve ecological literacy and global leadership for youths.

The Global RCE Service Centre at the United Nations University Institute of the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) has organised the RCE Youth Art Challenge annually since 2021.

Through the powerful medium of art, this initiative invites young talents from around the world to share their unique perspectives and ideas on sustainability issues.

We hope that the creativity and passion of these young artists will kindle your imagination and inspire actions to move forward towards sustainable societies.

The Global RCE Service Centre at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), in partnership with UNESCO, is delighted to announce the awardees of this year's 'RCE Youth Art Challenge: From Waste to Art'.

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From 15 May-15 July 2023, the RCE Youth Art Challenge exhibition was held at the Global Environment Outreach Centre at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.

Calling all young eco-artists! We’re looking for your creative works of art which demonstrate how you or your local community is working to achieve sustainable consumption and production.

On 26 April, 2023, UNU-IAS organised an online side event at the 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum, showcasing the commitment of youth leaders to environmental sustainability. The event, titled ‘From Ideas to Action: RCE Youth Projects on Multistakeholder Partnerships’, aimed to promote a deeper understanding of initiatives developed by Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs).

On 22 February, 2023, 17 young people from six Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) in Japan came together at the Global Citizens Exchange Center in Aichi for the 2023 Japan RCE Youth Meeting. The event was preceded by three online sessions where the young participants got to engage with each other and share their individual initiatives.