Beyond the Decade: The Global Action Program for Education for Sustainable Development

After the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development comes to a close; the Global Action Program (GAP) for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will begin. The GAP has ESD five priority areas: advancing policy, transforming learning and training environments, building capacities of educators and trainers, empowering and mobilizing youth, and accelerating solutions at local level. The aim of the GAP is to make ESD widespread. This article describes challenges that accompany this aim.