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Federal Minister of Education opens kick-off event of the German Federal Environment Foundation Start of 14 research projects on dealing with sustainability dilemmas and conflicting goalsAs part of the new UNESCO World Program for Education for Sustainable Development ESD 2030 14 projects are now starting that deal with current conflicting goals - for example in environmental protection the use of renewable energies or in agriculture. Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek explainsConflicts arise in the implementation of the 17 global sustainability goals of the United Nations. Because some goals are incompatible and cause dilemmas for example when we want to protect birds and bats and at the same time build wind turbines. A contradiction between technology and sustainability must be resolved. Because we need technical innovations they make a major contribution to sustainability such as green hydrogen. Such a learning process is best done through Education for Sustainable Development or ESD for short. Because it enables people of all ages to understand the effects of their own actions on the world and to make responsible decisions - but also to moderate conflicts and work out solutions.I am therefore very pleased that the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt is now funding 14 excellent projects that deal with these conflicts. I also find it exciting that these projects are testing new forms of cooperation for example between schools and municipalities or between trade union educational institutions works councils and universities. Because our national ESD process is based on cooperation between all actors in society so that schoolchildren learn how they can protect the climate themselves. So that engineers learn at university how to develop sustainable products. So that doctors learn how our health relates to the health of our planet. BackgroundThe German Federal Environment Foundation DBU aims to promote innovative exemplary projects on environmental protection. On the occasion of the start of the new UNESCO World Program ESD 2030 it launched a call for tenders in 2020 that addressed conflicting goals that manifest themselves in the form of so-called sustainability dilemmas. From more than 200 submitted project descriptions a jury of experts and the 16-member foundation board of trustees selected 14 outstanding projects in education for sustainable development which are now being launched. They focus on current sustainability transformations such as the energy and land use turnaround and are intended to provide trend-setting solutions to inspire young and old to act so that social change towards sustainable development also takes place.More about the German ESD processThe BMBF is responsible for implementing the UNESCO ESD programs for the federal government. A major milestone in 2017 was the adoption of the National ESD Action Plan NAP BNE by the National ESD Platform the highest steering body of this process. In the national platform the federal government states municipalities science industry and numerous social organizations exchange ideas on the common goal of anchoring ESD in all areas of education by 2030. The young generation is represented with a seat and vote through the youth forum youpaN. The National ESD Action Plan is the roadmap. It contains 130 goals and over 300 very specific recommendations for action.
