CESI Expert Commission convenes in Rome for a joint event hosted by the Italian CONFSAL/SNALS teachers' union

The meeting featured in particular also the presentation of a new project of CESI named “EcoTra – A smooth and fair ecological transition – for workers, with workers”, and, in this context, the expert commission had the pleasure to welcome Deirdre Hodson from the European Commission’s Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, who presented EU actions amd neasures for learning for green transitions and sustainable development. She noted that a public consultation carried out in 2021 on the subject showed clearly that education and training have a key role to help people understand and take action on environmental sustainability. In this context, CESI affiliates highlighted that education professionals need dedicated time, space and support, as well as suitable teaching material, guidance and training in order to teach appropriately about the climate crisis and environmental sustainability, which includes dealing with eco-anxiety among their students.