Editorial. The importance of education to carbon management

Williams, I.D. and Kemp, Simon (2013) Editorial. The importance of education to carbon management. Carbon Management, 4 (2), 107-109. (doi:10.4155/CMT.13.5).

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Abstract

The importance of education to help solve environmental problems is long established, having gained international prominence at the UN Conference on the Human Environment (the Stockholm Conference) in 1972. Principle 19 of the Stockholm Declaration professed environmental education for children through to adults as essential for conduct that protects and improves the environment. Further international agreements such as the Tbilisi International Declaration on Environmental Education of 1997, the Rio Summit in 1992, and Rio+20 in 2012 have strengthened the critical role of education in developing pro-environmental and societal behaviors, although ‘Environmental Education’ has evolved to ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ (ESD). In the 40 years since the Stockholm Conference, many environmental issues have captured the public’s imagination, but recognition that education is central to changing unsustainable behaviors, developing the critical scientific and engineering skills and knowledge to form sustainable solutions, has remained constant. It is this common focus that makes ESD such an important component
of successful carbon management.

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