Council conclusions on education for sustainable development
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Council conclusions on education for sustainable development 
3046th EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE and SPORT Council meeting
Brussels, 18 and 19 November 2010
The Council adopted the following conclusions:
"THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAVING REGARD TO
The EU Sustainable Development Strategy, first adopted in Gothenburg in 20011 and subsequently reviewed in 2006 and 2009, which provides a framework for a long-term vision of sustainability in which economic growth, social cohesion and environmental protection go hand in hand, and which highlights the key role of education as a prerequisite for promoting the behavioural changes and providing all citizens with the key competences needed to achieve sustainable development.
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), which seeks to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, and the 2009 UNESCO world conference on Education for Sustainable Development held in Bonn, which - in its concluding Declaration - agreed that investment in such education is an investment in the future and indeed, in some cases, a life-saving measure.
