Did You COP That?

Catch up on the fantastic Our Shared World event series that unpicked policies and commitments from COP26.

1. Voices and Perspectives from COP

November 17th 2021

Lydia Meryll – Community activist and environmental educator

Heizal Nagginda – A climate and environmental activist, and founder of Climate Operation – a youth-led organisation in Uganda

Professor Alison Phipps – UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration Through Languages, and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow

2. COP26 Education Pledges

December 13th 2021

  • Ana Romero – Mexico delegation and the education build-up to COP26
  • Betsy King – Learning for Sustainability Scotland
  • Will – Year 12 student, Midlands School Sustainability Network and UK Schools Sustainability Network COP26 rep
View Your Pledges

3. A Deep Dive into DfE Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy

January 18th 2022

A conversation about the Department for Education’s draft strategy for education and children’s service systems, announced at COP.

  • Ann Finlayson – OSW Co-Chair, CEO of SEEd and Advisor for DfE Usergroup
  • Phoebe Hanson – from Teach the Future and Mock COP26
  • Thiziri – Teach the Future representative from The Chase School, who recently declared a climate emergency
  • Sam Nadel – Head of Government Relations at Oxfam
Read OSW Members' Responses

4. A Deep Dive into the UK Environment Act

February 17th 2022

Explore the UK’s new framework for environmental protection:

  • Key themes of the Act and their implications
  • What it means for young people, contexts for learning and the role of educators
  • Opportunities, challenges, and links to wider policy agendas

Speakers for this event included:

  • Debbie Tripley – WWF
  • Vix Lowthion – Green Party Education
  • Sara Collins – Nature Premium Campaign
  • Spokesperson from Voyage Youth

5. Green Skills Part 1 – An exploration of skills for a sustainable and just future

March 21st 2022

Did you know there is a Skills Bill? Members of our community have been working to get ‘green’ skills included and better understood. They are also mentioned in the DfE draft Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy which we examined in our event in January.

  • Peter Duncan  – Former Chief Scout and Blue Peter Presenter
  • Leslee Udwin – Founder and Chief Executive of Think Equal
  • Richard Dunne – from The Harmony Project
  • Dr Penny Hay – Bath Spa University and Forest of Imagination
  • Livia Filitico – Shimaka, forming new keepers of the forests’ living wisdom

5. Green Skills Part 2 – Competencies and Frameworks

June 6th 2022

Continuing the conversation about ‘green’ skills in schools in England, exploring the development of Competencies, applying knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to a task or subject. A number of Competency Frameworks are available and here you will see ones from UNESCO and UNECE among others that have been tried or tested.

  • Clive Belgeonne – DECSY, will outline a definition of competencies with an example of how they use a self-assessment competency questionnaire
  • Cathy d’Abreu – Oxford Brookes University, will outline how she adapted the UNESCO competencies framework to educate university lecturers
  • Rachel Musson – Thoughtbox Education, will outline their approach
  • Dr Paul Vare – University of Gloucestershire, will outline his Rounder Sense of Purpose framework
  • Professor Nicola Walshe – UCL, will explore eco-capabilities

This video will be available soon.