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Current models of economic growth cause environmental destruction.......40<br />

Sustainable transformation will require clean new industries <strong>and</strong><br />

greener existing ones...............................................................................................................40<br />

Agricultural practices need transformation.................................................................44<br />

Education <strong>and</strong> lifelong learning contribute to long-term economic growth.....47<br />

Economic growth does not mean prosperity for all.................................................. 51<br />

Education can help increase inclusion............................................................................. 53<br />

Education improves labour market <strong>and</strong> decent work outcomes....................... 55<br />

Conclusion..................................................................................................................................... 62<br />

The world economy needs deep transformation in<br />

order to implement the Agenda for Sustainable<br />

Development by 2030, to prevent the collapse of the<br />

Earth’s biosphere on which human civilization depends<br />

for survival, <strong>and</strong> to eradicate poverty – the central goal<br />

of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) <strong>and</strong> now of<br />

the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter<br />

reflects on the roles of education in this transformation<br />

towards environmentally sustainable <strong>and</strong> economically<br />

inclusive development.<br />

The statement above from the Agenda for Sustainable<br />

Development makes a commitment to human beings<br />

enjoying prosperous <strong>and</strong> fulfilling lives. But as this<br />

chapter will explain, economic growth <strong>and</strong> both national<br />

<strong>and</strong> individual prosperity must occur ‘in harmony with<br />

nature’. This requires fundamental changes in the world<br />

economy to create clean new industries <strong>and</strong> ensure that<br />

existing ones become greener.<br />

Education <strong>and</strong> lifelong learning are needed to make<br />

production <strong>and</strong> consumption sustainable, supply skills<br />

for the creation of green activities <strong>and</strong> orient higher<br />

education <strong>and</strong> research towards green innovation. They<br />

also have a role to play in transforming key economic<br />

sectors, such as agriculture, upon which both rich <strong>and</strong><br />

poor countries <strong>and</strong> households rely.<br />

Education of good quality has been proved to contribute<br />

to long-term economic growth. Curricular contents,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the ways they are embedded in the everyday life<br />

of schools, need to be transformed to sustain a greener<br />

world economy. Investment in education <strong>and</strong> lifelong<br />

learning are also required for countries to adapt to<br />

the rapidly changing world of work, with polarization<br />

between high- <strong>and</strong> low-skill jobs, <strong>and</strong> further shifts to<br />

green industry <strong>and</strong> the service sector.<br />

Just as the economy must become sustainable, so too<br />

must it become inclusive. With widespread poverty<br />

<strong>and</strong> inequality, economic growth has not benefited all<br />

<strong>people</strong>. Prosperity must<br />

be conceived in ways<br />

that leave no one behind.<br />

Education of good quality<br />

A better-educated<br />

can contribute to this labour force is<br />

change as well. A bettereducated<br />

labour force<br />

is essential to inclusive<br />

economic growth<br />

economic growth focused<br />

essential to inclusive<br />

2016 • GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT 39

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