Introduction
At the beginning of 2020, UNESCO provided a positive evaluation of the activities performed by UNESCO Chair on Environmental Education at Payame Noor University during its first 4 years of establishment. In a letter dated June 24, 2021, UNESCO praised the activities already carried out during that time as well as extending the memorandum of understanding of this chair for the next 4 years until April 2025 under the chairmanship of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri.
History
Because of the need to develop and advance environmental knowledge and culture in the country, Payame Noor University, the first university in Iran to do so, began designing and implementing environmental education courses at the master's level in 2007, as well as a specialized doctoral course in environmental education in 2011 and as of now more than 800 masters and 50 doctoral students have graduated from this field of study at Payame Noor University.
Goals
In this day and age, the key to the success, survival, and all-around development of global societies lies in preserving the environment. Even though the approach to the environment might be different in various communities with regards to underground resources, weather, forests, pastures, etc. they are at the same time locally, regionally, and globally linked, which requires efforts, awareness, and national and international education to maintain and develop.
