3 February 2026
From classrooms to communities, and from local initiatives to global movements, here are five ways in which education is driving environmental action.
The Africa Minigrids Program (AMP), UNDP’s most ambitious sustainable energy access initiative to date, is supporting women in Nigeria to improve their lives and become leaders in the sustainable energy transition.
Across fields, pastures, forests, rivers and seas, countries are showing that the choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss and bring degraded land back to life.
With its tree-filled garden, soaring ceilings and earthen-brick walls, the Hikma Community Centre on the edge of the Sahara Desert is viewed by many as an example of what architecture will need to become as the world warms.