The opening ceremony of the COP29 Climate Change Summer Camp commenced here on Monday.The aim of the event is to empower pre-service and in-service early career educators with knowledge and pedagogical skills to effectively teach climate change, connect global climate discourse with local action through education, promote peer learning, intercultural collaboration, and global networking among educators, contribute to the goals of the Greening Education Partnership and support the development of green schools, and inspire teachers to initiate school and community-based climate projects after the camp.
The main partners of the event are the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Regional Development Public Union (RIIB).
The Presidency Youth Climate Champion (PYCC) institution was first introduced during COP28 in Dubai. Its main goal is to promote more meaningful and structured participation of children and youth in the climate action, especially within the UNFCCC process.
