Education Policy Outlook 2023
Empowering All Learners to Go Green
In 2024, education and training systems have a ‘unique potential’ to build the foundations
of equitable, sustainable societies. In the OECD National Survey for Comparative Policy
Analysis 2023: Empowering Learners to go Green, 90% of participating systems identified
environmental sustainability as a key priority for 2024. There is no trade-off between
addressing the biggest challenge facing people and the planet and responding to other
external shocks and long-term evolutions, especially since these will only become
increasingly interdependent. This implies empowering lifelong learners, institutions
and education systems with the agency required to act, today. Building on the OECD’s
Framework of Responsiveness and Resilience in Education Policy, survey responses from
36 education systems and international policy analysis, this report explores how education
systems can: 1) translate learners’ awareness into environmental action; 2) provide
learners with experiences to shape the green economy; and 3) position education as
a strategic sector for the green transition. By exploring these areas, the report
aims to support countries to follow up on the goals established by the 2022 OECD Declaration
on Building Equitable Societies Through Education. The report is part of the Education
Policy Outlook series—the OECD’s analytical observatory of education policy.
Published on November 20, 2023 Latest available edition in: French
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