Research

Summary: Fossil Fuel Subsidies, A Briefing for Education Unions

October 13, 2025

There is a strong consensus that fossil fuel subsidies (FS) obstruct the attainment of multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs) including poverty eradication (SDG1), global health (SDG3), gender equality (SDG5) and transition to affordable, reliable energy (SDG7) and sustainable consumption and production (SDG12).

Summary: Fossil Fuel Subsidies, A Briefing for Education Unions

October 13, 2025

There is a strong consensus that fossil fuel subsidies (FS) obstruct the attainment of multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs) including poverty eradication (SDG1), global health (SDG3), gender equality (SDG5) and transition to affordable, reliable energy (SDG7) and sustainable consumption and production (SDG12).

Forging the education-climate justice connection

October 13, 2025

In the Asia-Pacific region, the impacts of the climate emergency are acutely felt by teachers and education support personnel, both as essential workers and as members of communities that are unjustly enmeshed in the cycle of disasters and crises.

Forging the education-climate justice connection

October 13, 2025

In the Asia-Pacific region, the impacts of the climate emergency are acutely felt by teachers and education support personnel, both as essential workers and as members of communities that are unjustly enmeshed in the cycle of disasters and crises.

Educators on a Heating Planet: Shaping Education Unions’ Vision for a Just Transition

October 13, 2025

Amidst an aggressively heating world, a just transition for educators has become a matter of urgency. Educators are already on the frontlines of climate change: every day, they are contending with the worst consequences of changes to the world’s climate. From extreme hurricanes and storms to massive flooding, prolonged droughts, severe heatwaves, and sinking islands, climate change is already altering the education sector in indirect yet profound ways. Thus, educators are stakeholders in the discussions surrounding climate action and the crucial project of shifting to a low-carbon world.