Case Study presentation: Promoting Climate Action through Education for Sustainable Development in Learning Institutions Georgina Resiato Minis (NEMA) & Mr. Dennis Onyancha, RCE North Rift 11th Global RCE Conference 7-9 December, 2018 Cebu, the Philippines

1. 11th Global RCE Conference
CEBU, Philippines
Presented by
Georgina Resiato Minis: National Environment Management
Authority (NEMA)
&
Onyancha Mogoi Dennis, RCE North Rift Youth Coordinator
Promoting climate action through Education for Sustainable
Development in learning institutions; SDG 13

2. Promoting climate action through Education for Sustainable Development in learning
institutions; SDG 13
According to UNESCO, “Education for Sustainable
Development empowers learners to take informed decisions
and responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic
viability and a just society, for present and future generations,
while respecting cultural diversity.”
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 13: Take urgent action
to combat climate change and its impacts
Elements of Education for Sustainable Development
1. Learning outcomes: Creating change makers, rather than
passive consumers
2. Learning content: Investigating topics from an
interdisciplinary perspective
3. Pedagogy: Interactive, learner-centred and action-oriented
(+ fun)

3. Creating change makers, rather than passive consumers
How it works:
1 Interschool environmental awareness competition. Schools are given a
theme on environment and prepare songs, skits poems and
innovations to showcase that promote environmental conservation,
Monitoring and evaluation is undertaken with multi- stakeholders
involvement from the Ministry of Education, Department of Health, the
Private sector and willing individuals and institutions
2
Participating in community cleanups and tree planting: between
the months of January to November before the commencement
of National Exams and exemptions during exam periods, the
learning institutions are encouraged to send the students to
represent their institutions in the cleanups and tree planting
targeting the community
3 Showcase of innovations and exhibitions: young people and
students are given a chance to showcase their innovative ideas
to the community through diffident platforms organized by the
County and National Government

4. Investigating topics from an interdisciplinary perspective
The Kenya Water Towers Agency is a State Corporation under the Ministry of
Environment and Natural Resources. It was established in 2012 vide Kenya
Gazette Supplement No: 27, Legal Notice no: 27 on 20th April, 2012.
The Government recognized the threat to Mau and other Water Towers in
2008 formed a Task Force on the conservation of the Mau Forests Complex
which included KFS, KWS, WRMA and key Ministries. The Taskforce’s
responsibility was to study and make recommendations on the immediate,
short- and long-term options for restoring the entire Mau Forest Complex
and other water towers for the present and future generations.
KWTA has taken an integrated ecosystem approach bringing on board
institutions, communities, development partners and all relevant stakeholders.
At the time of gazettement of KWTA, the mandate of the Agency was mainly
over 18 water towers namely; Aberdares Range, Cherangani Hills, Chulyu Hills,
Huri Hills, Kirisia Hills, Loita Hills, Marmanet Forest, Mathews Range, Mau
Forest Complex, Mount Elgon, Mount Kenya, Mount Kipipiri, Mount Kulal,
Mount Marsabit, Mount Njiru, Ndotos, Nyambene Hills, and Shimba Hills.
1. Kenya Water Tower Agency rehabilitation

5. Investigating topics from an interdisciplinary perspective
2. River Sosiani Rehabilitation Program
The Ministry of Environment embarked on a project to clean-up and
restore all urban rivers in the country. most urban centres in the
country have been expanding without proper environmental
planning, expansion of the towns’ infrastructure in terms of urban
services, had not matched the growth of their populations.
the Uasin Gishu County after officially commissioned the
programme, with Sosiani river in the heart of Eldoret Town, before
moving to other urban centres.
Governor Jackson Mandago has established a joint committee to
oversee the rehabilitation of the river.
Mr Mandago urged all stakeholders in the region to support the
initiative and called on residents with premises near the river, to
start vacating to pave the way for its conservation.

6. Mazingira na Miti Project,
.
Mazingira na Miti Project promotes a science-based solutions Approach to solving many of our local
and global challenges in managing the natural resources that support life. These science frontiers
Seeks to identify the most promising opportunities in the next decade that helps to solve the
challenge in waste Management and promote Environmental Health, Soil and Water Conservation
through Application of Technology, Use of Volunteer Manpower, and young People as Agents of
Positive Change and Custodians of the Environment
The following strategies will be exploited to address the problem of environmental degradation:
1. Encourage use of alternative sources of energy (Solar and Wind) to protect forests from
destruction;
2. Promote environmental clubs for the youth;
3. Strengthen the involvement of the youth in environmental conservation programs, especially
representation in committees at all levels.
4. Establish linkages between environmental committees at county and sub county level with
environmental clubs in schools;
5. Improve access to information at the local level by setting up resource centers, providing
vocational training and disseminating environmental research work.

7. E waste Collection competition
Schools are encouraged to educate the pupils on dangers of e
waste and set up collection point in schools. Weigh the waste
and reward the pupils
How it works:
2 Simple management regulations
3 Examples of e waste

8. Green Clubs Mentorship program
• Green clubs program is an environmental program that was designed by RCE North Rift and CHES Africa as a means of
conserving our environment with particular emphasis to schools. This seeks to mitigate some of the challenges that
secondary schools face such as lack of specially trained teachers on environmental matters and the requirement of
efficient teachers and students to change the methods of imparting environmental concepts.
1 Select the school with interest in Environmental conservation
2 Each school to identify and recruit green club members, students
and or teachers, elect office bearers, develop weekly work plans
3 Members of the Green club, participate in different Environment cleanups, tree
planting, competitions and learning/ field/ exchange activities

9. Why Learners In promoting Climate Action
The year 2017 was one of the three warmest on record and was 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial
period. An analysis by the World Meteorological Organization shows that the five-year average global
temperature from 2013 to 2017 was also the highest on record. The world continues to experience rising sea
levels, extreme weather conditions (the North Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest ever recorded) and
increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. This calls for urgent and accelerated action by countries as
they implement their commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
As of 9 April 2018, 175 Parties had ratified the Paris Agreement and 168 Parties (167 countries plus the
European Commission) had communicated their first nationally determined contributions to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat.
In addition, as of 9 April 2018, 10 developing countries had successfully completed and submitted the first
iteration of their national adaptation plans for responding to climate change.
Developed country Parties continue to make progress towards the goal of jointly mobilizing $100 billion
annually by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation
actions.

10. Climate action; through Education for Sustainable development
There is no country in the world that is not seeing first-hand the drastic effects of climate change. Greenhouse
gas emissions continue to rise, and are now more than 50 percent higher than their 1990 level. Further, global
warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system, which threatens irreversible consequences if we
do not take action now.
The annual average losses from just earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones and flooding count in the
hundreds of billions of dollars, requiring an investment of US$ 6 billion annually in disaster risk management
alone. The goal aims to mobilize $100 billion annually by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries
and help mitigate climate-related disasters.
Strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity of more vulnerable regions, such as land locked countries
and island states, must go hand in hand with efforts to raise awareness and integrate measures into national
policies and strategies. It is still possible, with the political will and a wide array of technological measures, to
limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This requires
urgent collective action

11. Actions to combat climate change
1. Reduce emissions Use your car less, whenever possible, instead use sustainable transportation, such as
bicycling, or use public transportation more often. In the case of long-distance travel, trains are more
sustainable than airplanes, which cause a great deal of the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. If you're into
cars, remember that every kilometer that you increase your speed will considerably increase CO2 emissions
and expenses. According to the CE, each liter of fuel that your car uses, equals 2.5 kilos of CO2 emitted into
the atmosphere.
2. Save energy Take a look at the labels on your appliances, and never leave them on standby. Always adjust
the thermostat for heating and air conditioning. By being careful how we use home appliances, we can save
energy and, of course, money at the end of the month
3. Put the 3 R's of sustainability into practice - Reduce: consume less, more efficiently. - Reuse: take advantage
of second-hand markets, to give new life to items that you don't use anymore or find something that
someone else has gotten rid of that you need. You'll be saving money and reducing your consumption.
Bartering is also a practical solution. - Recycle: packaging, waste from electronics, etc. Did you know that you
can save over 730 kilos of CO2 each year just by recycling half of the garbage produced at home?

12. Actions to combat climate change
4. What about your diet? Eat low-carbon A low-carbon diet results in smarter consumption: - Reduce your meat
consumption (livestock is one of the biggest contaminators of the atmosphere) and increase your consumption of
fruits and vegetables. - Eat food that is local and in season: read the label and eat food that is produced in the
area, avoid imports which create more emissions due to transportation. Also, eat seasonal items, to avoid less
sustainable production methods. - Avoid excessive packaging and processed foods as much as possible.
5. Act against forest loss - As far as possible, avoid anything that may be a fire hazard. - If you want to buy wood,
choose wood with a certification or seal showing its sustainable origin. - Plant a tree! Throughout its life, it can
absorb up to a ton of CO2.
6. Make demands from the government Demand that they take measures toward a more sustainable life, any way
that you can: promote renewable energy, regulatory measures such as properly labelling products (fishing
method used, labels that specify product origins, whether or not they are transgenic, etc.), promote more
sustainable public transportation, promote the use of bicycles and other non-polluting transportation methods in
the city, correctly manage waste through recycling/reuse, etc....

13. conclusion
Climate Change Education (CCE) is grounded in the holistic approach of Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) which incorporates key sustainable development issues
such as climate change, disaster risk reduction and others into education, in a way that
addresses the interdependence of environmental sustainability, economic viability and
social justice. It promotes participatory teaching and learning methods that motivate and
empower learners to change their behavior and take action for sustainable development

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