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Best of the 2026 Festival

Catch up on this year's must-see sessions from Learning Planet Institute and partners (more coming soon)


Report Launch: Learning Ecosystems Connecting Practice to Policy in the Global South

How can we ensure every child thrives, even in the face of profound adversity?
In this session from the LearningPlanet Festival, we launch our landmark report on Learning Ecosystems. Join a powerful lineup of on-the-ground innovators and global education policy experts as they explore a bottom-up approach to systemic change.
From Africa to South Asia and Latin America, a growing movement of community-led ecosystems is rewriting the rules of education. Discover how these local practitioners are moving beyond traditional models to become co-architects of national education policy, and what needs to change to support them.

From Local Innovation to Education Change: Inside the South-South Collaborative

How can locally rooted innovations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America connect and scale to transform education globally?

This session introduces the South-South Learning Ecosystems Collaborative, a growing community of practice dedicated to empowering learning ecosystems in the Global South. Join us to hear from ecosystem leaders as they share concrete strategies for funding, governance, research, and field-building.
Discover how these insights are being captured in a new digital repository designed to fuel peer learning and collective action. This is an open invitation to practitioners, funders, and leaders to join a movement that is changing education for the better, for all.

Education for Human Flourishing: A Global Dialogue with the OECD & Partners

How can education systems move beyond narrow metrics of success and truly enable human flourishing for every child?

In this high-level session, the OECD joins forces with a global consortium - Cambridge Partnership for Education, HundrED, Learning Planet Institute, Salzburg Global, and Teach for All - to present a shared vision for the future of education.
Building on the OECD's Education for Human Flourishing framework, this event brings together system leaders, education experts, and youth networks to explore how "flourishing" can transform curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy. Join us to discover how this new global partnership is driving whole-system change and how you can be part of it.

Navigating Climate Emotions in the Classroom

On January 23, 2026, the Climate Mental Health Network, One Resilient Earth and Anayennisi hosted 'Navigating Climate Emotions in the Classroom,' as part of the Learning Planet Festival.

Maria Vamvalis, Elissa Teles Muñoz and Laureline Simon explored how emotions shape our understanding of climate and ecological crises and introduced evidence-based tools to support youth emotional resilience and well-being in learning spaces.

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The state of educational systems: cultural challenges of our time

Organised with the WEEC Network, the Club of Rome and The Fifth Element, this webinar explores how education systems are responding to today’s complex global challenges. 

It brings together perspectives from schools, universities and research to examine current obstacles and emerging opportunities.
The webinar is part of “No Limits to Hope”. A research and publication initiative led by The Club of Rome, The Fifth Element and WEEC Network. 

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Funded PhD on sustainable management of environmental resources

Explore a fully funded PhD opportunity at UNU-FLORES, located in Dresden, Germany, designed for candidates who are passionate about the sustainable management of environmental resources for the future of our planet. This session will provide a detailed overview of the PhD programme, its distinctive features, research topics, and admission requirements. You will have the opportunity to meet the Head of Education and hear from current PhD researchers as they share personal experiences about their PhD journey and how they benefit from the programme. The session will also include a Q&A segment, offering a valuable chance to engage directly with the programme’s community and gain answers to your questions about the applications that will open soon.

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Can We Learn Ethics from AI?

"Embark on a journey into the ethical dimension of Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs are artificial intelligence systems that serve as the foundation for various conversational agents like ChatGPT. They generate responses that can be morally evaluated. In this panel session we will discuss if we can learn ethics from LLMs as citizens of the planet (Planetizens). Join this thought-provoking panel discussion, followed by an interactive Q&A with the online audience."

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Partners Sessions

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