Education and the European Green Deal: Strengthening Sustainability Education in the EU

Education plays a key role in the global political attempts to promote sustainability and tackle climate change. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7 ‘Education for sustainable development citizenship’ calls on states ensure that learners acquire knowledge necessary skills development. European Union, under leadership of Ursula von der Leyen, through its Green Deal puts forward ambitious goal make Europe, by 2035, first neutral continent world – an ambition which remains at core agenda. How can education contribute this goal, what initiatives are taken EU level support how do SDGs shape policy itself? This article discusses EU’s approach environmental presents most important aiming supporting Member States’ systems addressing change sustainability. It will be clear strategic aim goes far beyond slight adaptions existing curricula - it heart reform