T he 2023 edition

Table of Contents
1. What is TEEN? TEEN / Tripartite Environmental Education Network ………………………………………………… 3
2. A chronological table of TEEN’s footprints to date …………………………………………………… 4・6
3. TEEN's major achievements ………………………………………………………………………………… 5・7

1. What is TEEN?

（TEEN : Tripartite Environmental Education Network）

4. Outlines of the TEEN to date (including outlines TEMM) ………………………………………… 8
TEEN 1

The memorial first TEEN was held in Japan……………………………………………………… 8

Background & History

TEEN 2

Database Establishment to strengthen the tripartite network………………………………… 9

TEEN 3

Efforts related to the current status of environmental education focused on local andriver in the three countries ……………………………………………………………………… 10

TEEN 4

Future challenges of environmental education in light of the UN Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development, 2005- 2014(DESD) …………………………………………………

In February 2000, China, Japan, and Korea agreed to establish and promote a tripartite cooperation project
to “raise the consciousness of the environmental community” at the Second Tripartite Environment Ministers
Meeting held in Beijing. Following this agreement, at the Tripartite Director General’s Meeting in June 2000 (atJeju Island, Korea) made a decision to establish the Tripartite Environmental Education Network (TEEN) among
the three countries as a concrete project especially to raise the consciousness of the environmental community
at the grass-roots level. Accordingly, the project started in November of the same year is the Tripartite
Environmental Education Network (hereinafter, “TEEN”).

TEEN 5Development of environmental education materials for children …………………………… 11

TEEN 6

Presentation of the results of application of environmental education materials forchildren and corporate activities of environmental education………………………………

TEEN 7

Cases of environmental education in coastal regions of the three countries ……………… 12

TEEN 8Tripartite initiatives for the improvement of urban air pollution………………………………

TEEN 9Initiatives of nurturing young environmental education leaders in higher education …… 13

TEEN 10 Cooperation among local governments, academia and private entities and developmentof leaders in higher education ……………………………………………………………………

Ministry of Environmental Protection
Peopleʼs Republic of China

Ministry of the Environment
Japan

Ministry of Environment
Republic of Korea

Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM)
Director Generals Meeting
Working Group Meeting

Activities in the TEMM framework

TEEN11 Environment and development and biodiversity conservation ……………………………… 14
TEEN 12 Promotion of green growth environmental education for environment leader
development ………………………………………………………………………………………
TEEN 13 The latest activities on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) ……………………… 15
TEEN 14 Environmental education in higher education and new challenges and prospect for
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) …………………………………………………
TEEN 15 Future activities for tripartite cooperation of sustainable environmental education ……… 16
TEEN 16 Connecting the world and regions (from the perspective of “glocal”)– Post-DESD in
Okayama city- ………………………………………………………………………………………
TEEN 17 Strengthening Public Engagement for Environmental Education / Education for
Sustainable Development………………………………………………………………………… 17
TEEN 18 Bio-cultural diversity and community based environmental education………………………
TEEN 19 Creating a sustainable local community with various stakeholders –towards theachievement of the SDGs-………………………………………………………………………… 18
TEEN 20 Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Trilaterial EE Cooperation…………………………
TEEN 21 Environmental education at the local level : Sharing experiences of China, Japan, and Korea… 19
TEEN 22 Our proactive choice for 2050:
Implementation of decarbonized society and a role of Environmental Education …………
TEEN 23 Nature-based Environmental Education Innovation : Connection, Integration and Creation … 20

Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Air Pollution
Tripartite Working Group on Dust and Sandstorms
Tripartite 3R / Circular Economy / Zero Waste City Seminar
TEMM-NOWPAP Joint Workshop on Marine Litter
Joint Research Project on Cities towards Decarbonization and Sustainable Development
Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Biodiversity
Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Chemical Management
Tripartite Expert Seminar on Chemical Management
Tripartite Roundtable on Environmental Business
Tripartite Environmental Education Network(TEEN)
TEMM Youth Forum
Joint Research on Achieving SDGs from Environmental Aspects
Technical Network
Source: Website of the Minsitry of Environment, Japan

http://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/temm/aboutus/organization.html

Objectives of Activities
The main activity of TEEN is to promote the environmental education network among China, Japan, and Korea
by gathering environmental education experts, etc. from the three countries and through the informationexchange on environmental education, thereby, improving environmental recognitions of society in the three
countries and contributing to building sustainable society.
Every year, TEEN organizes workshops, symposia and focal-point meetings (more than once per year), for which
the three countries take turns arranging these events annually. At these occasions, environmental education
experts, teachers, NGO representatives, etc. gather from the three countries to discuss and exchange views onenvironmental education initiatives.

TEEN 24 Environmental education for climate change mitigation and adaptation: focused onparticipation ………………………………………………………………………………………
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A chronological table of TEENʼs footprints to date

TEENʼs Major achivements

TEEN s activities
Year

Host country/venue

TEMM s activities
Host country/
General outline
venue

Theme of workshop

Theme of symposium

Korea

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Japan

China

Fujinomiya /Tokyo

Coexistence of people and nature
Cases of nature school

Current status of environmental education in each country
and plans for activities for the establishment ofenvironmental education network

China

Beijing

Current status of environmental
education in the three countries

Environmental education policySchool education,
examples of activity involved with partnership

Japan

Seoul

Current status of environmental
education in the three countries

The current status of environmental education
focused on local and river in the three countries

Korea

Shizuoka

Environmental conservation andeducation at a local level (sharing
experiences of the three countries)

Future challenges of environmental education in lightof the DESD Ecotourism and environmental education

China

Environmental education foryouth and its practiceEnvironmental education for youth and its practice of thethree countries
The policy and practice on environmental education forchildren in the three countries

Japan

TianjinPresentation of the results of application of each educationmaterials developed by the three countries
Environmental education in industry and business

Korea

Seoul

Schoolʼ s roles in DESD andbuilding recycle society
Marine-related cases of environmental
education in coastal regions of the three
countries

Cases of environmental education youth program
Local community development centered on
environmental education

China

Kanazawa

Environmental education for
urban clean air for sustainable city

Environmental education for urban clean air
Networking on environmental education in Korea, China,
and JapanJapan

Beijing

Young environmental education
leaders in higher education

The future direction of TEEN among three countries
Participation of
students of TEEPY
The activation of the three countriesʼ
Youth Camp
environmental education exchange

Korea

Seoul

NagoyaCooperation among local governments,
Regional cooperation for promoting
academia and private entities andenvironmental leader development indevelopment of leaders in higher education higher education institution

Korea

Japan

China

Korea

Japan

China

Korea

Japan

China

Japan

Korea

（No symposium organized）

Gyeongu

Future of environmental
education‒toward “practice”

Environmental leaders development
Tripartite Student Forum,
Evaluation and future direction of TEEN

SendaiThe latest trend of ESD

Consideration of the direction for developing
tripartite environmental education books

China

Consideration of developing environment books
for children in the three countries

Japan

Beijing

Environmental education in higher
education and the current status andtrend as well as new challenges of ESD

Jeju Island

Future activities for tripartite cooperation Final conﬁrmation on the development ofenvironmental education books for childrenof sustainable environmental education in the three countries

Okayama /Naoshima-cho,
KagawaExtension and networking ofenvironmental education from point toline, to line to surface

Shenzhen

Policy on promoting Environmental Education
Visit to Nature School (Visitor Center) in China
in China, Japan and Korea
The impacts of Environmental Education/Education for Use of environmental education book for children
Sustainable Development Program to local community developed by Korea

Suwon

Bio-cultural diversity and community
based environmental education

China

Korea

China

Korea

China

Beijing

Japan

Japan

Participation of
students of TESS

Education program centered on biodiversity
Future direction of TEEN

Korea

4

Phase 1

Participation of
students of Tripartite
Student Forum

Visit to a pioneering case on environmental education and
Education for Sustainable Development（ESD）in Japan Use ofenvironmental education book for children developed by Korea

Exhibition at Gyeonggi environmental education festival
Environmental education research class in Korean
primary school by Japanese teachers

Seoul

Establishment of priority cooperation areasfor environmental issues in North East Asia

Beijing

Establishment of concrete projects forthe priority cooperation areasTokyoConﬁrmation of the importance of Kyoto
Protocol becoming eﬀective earlier, acid deposition
monitoring and networking

Launch a database on environmental
education organizations

・Three tripartite environmental education database creation meetings were
held during Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2002. The database has been integrated into
the East Asia Database (right ﬁgure).

http://www.jeef.or.jp/EAST̲ASIA/

Seoul

Discussions on the regional issues in North East
Asia, such as dust and sandstorms

Beijing

Conﬁrmation of the importance of compatible
approach of economic development andenvironmental protection

・Enhancement of the trpartite environmental education expert network
・Sharing experience and information on environmental education activities

Tokyo

Start of information exchange and policy
dialogue for building recycle society

Phase 2

Jeju Island

Beijing

Share of recognition about the necessity to address
impact of dust and sandstorms and marine litters

ToyamaCommencement of joint research on dust andsandstorms, etc., agreement of cooperation toward
the East Asia Summit

Jeju Island

Agreement for reviewing 10-year activity andenhancing cooperation

Beijing

Establishment of 10 priority areas for the next
5 years based on the 10-year initiatives

Hokkaido

Beijing

Share of domestic environmental policy,
conﬁrmation of the Action Plan progress, andorganization of student & industry forums
Exchange of views on domestic environmental
policy of the three countries and organization ofyouth & industry forums

Daegu

Inclusion of air pollution improvement in the priority
area and organization of youth & business forums

Shanghai

Tripartite Joint Action Plan, adoption of joint
communiqué Organization of Youth Forum &Tripartite Business Round Table Meeting

Shizuoka

Share of domestic environmental policy,
conﬁrmation of the action plan progress andorganization of youth & business forum

Suwon

Share of domestic environmental policy, conﬁrmationof the action plan progress and organization of youth& business forumJapan

2003 〜 2005

Update database on environmental education
organizations● Develop education materials for school
students
FY 2005 to FY 2006
Environmental education teachingmaterials for children●

Conﬁrmation of the Action Plan progressand organization of student & industry forums

China

Understanding of the current status ofenvironmental education

Japan

Establishing treaties, marshes andforests to protect crane

China

Product lifecycle, air pollution

Korea

River and our life
Traditional environmental wisdom

Phase 2

Approval of the Tripartite Joint Action Plan on
Environmental Cooperation by the ministers of
the three countries

Busan

Korea

●

●

Agreement of joint initiatives for marine andcoastal environmental conservation

KitaKyushu

Korea

●

2000 〜 2002

2006 〜 2009

Promotion of development and exchange ofyoung leaders
During four years from FY 2008 to FY 2011, TEEN dispatched several students
from each country to give exchange through presentations and workshops,
etc.

●

Promotion of school environmental educationand exchange through education●

Provision of lectures on the theme inaccordance with interests of each country

Phase 32010 〜 2015

● Development of 8 teachingmaterials for elementary
school students jointly by thethree countries● Provision of lectures on thetheme in accordance withinterests of each country5

A chronological table of TEENʼs footprints to date
TEEN s activities
Year

2019

2020

Japan

Kitakyushu

Developing sustainable community through Visit to Kitakyushu environment museum and Kitakyushu
multi-stakeholders collaboration ‒towards Manabito ESD station
Implementation of workshop through using facilitation-guidebook
the achieving the SDGs-

HangzhouCommemorating the 20th Anniversaryof Trilaterial EE Cooperation

Report on case examples by Japanese and Korean environmental
education experts and discussion among Japanese, Chinese, andKorean people are involved in environmental education.
Visit to an experimental elementary school

Environmental education at the local level:（hosted virtually） Sharing experiences of China, Japan,
and Korea

EE in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Hands-on trial on a smartphone
application “Community Mapping”
Mutual learning from the experiences of EE in collaboration withlocal governments in C/J/K

China

Korea

Japan

2023

Theme of workshop

Theme of symposium

2021

2022

TEMM s activities

Host country/venue

2018

Our proactive choice for 2050:

China

Japan

Development of facilitation-guidebook for environmental educator

SuzhouReview of environmental cooperation in the three
countries in the past 20 years, and organization ofyouth & business forum

KitaKyushu

Share of environmental policy, conﬁrmation of the
progress of action plan, and organization of youth &business forum● China：Development of a book byorganizing outcomes TEEN has
produced so far● Korea：Development andOperation of TEEN web site（http://teen-temm.net）（Postponed due to COVID-19）

Tripartite Joint Action Plan, adoption of joint
communiqué and organization of Youth Forum

China

Connection, Integration and Creation

Sharing of case studies of nature-based environmental
education and discussion by environmental education
practitioners（hostedvirtually）

Conﬁrmation of the progress of the Tripartite Joint Action
Plan, adoption of joint communiqué and organization ofYouth Forum & Tripartite Business Round Table Meeting

Environmental education for climatechange mitigation and adaptation:
focused on participation

Hyodon Middle School inspection and demonstration ofenvironmental education classes
Dongbaek Dongsan ﬁeld trip

Japan

NagoyaConﬁrmation of the progress of the Tripartite Joint
Action Plan, adoption of joint communiqué andorganization of Youth Forum62015 〜 2020

● Japan：（hostedvirtually）

Nature-based Environmental Education

Jeju Island

Host country/
General outline
venue

Korea

（hosted virtually） Innovation:

Korea

Phase 5

Conducting mock classes using the facilitationguidebook（hosted virtually） Implementation of decarbonized society

and a role of Environmental Education

China

TEENʼs Major achivements

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4. Outline of TEENʼs held to date
The following contents summarize activities of TEEN, especially those of symposia and workshops held to date.
As the activities of TEEN link to that TEMM, the contents also include the entire activities of TEMM and Youth
Forum in fiscal year.

1 st

TEEN

The memorial fist TEEN was held in Japan
Date & Venue
November 30 (Thu.) to December 1 (Fri) 2000: Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan / December 2 (Sat.): Tokyo<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>Th e f i r s t wo r k s h o p w a s h e l d f ro m N ove m b e r 3 0 to
December 1, 2000, in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture,and the first symposium was held on December 2 in Tokyoaiming at the organization of TEEN. About 30 participants
include education environment experts a, teachers, andNGO representatives gathered from the three countries toexchange views and experience on initiatives and practicesof environmental education initiated in each country.
Moreover, as the first step of the initiative, it was agreed
to develop and establish a common database related torepresentative organizations involving to environmental
education in the three countries.

● Coexistence of people and nature● Examples of nature school<Theme of workshop>●

Current status of environmental education in each country
and plans for activities for the establishment of environmental
education network<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum*Symposium was also cooperated by AEON Environmental Foundation<Entire activities of TEMM>
The fist TEMM was held in Seoul, Korea, in January 1999. The Ministers of Environment from China, Japan, and Korea
met together and agreed to strengthen the cooperative relationship for environmental issues in North Asia and theworld and to establish the priority areas of environmental degradation to be addressed especially in North Asia.
Following this agreement, the environmental ministers of China, Japan, and Korea met in Beijing for the Second TEMM
in February 2000 and agreed to move forward the following concrete projects (TEMM Projects focusing on the priority
areas: 1) raising the consciousness of the environmental community, 2) prevention of fresh water (lake) pollution,3) prevention of land-based marine pollution, 4) cooperation in the environmental industry, and 5) ecologicalconservation of North-west China.
Moreover, the “TEMM official website” was launched and the “first TEEN” was held as part of the main TEMM Projects.

The

2 nd

TEEN

Database Establishment
to strengthen the tripartite network
Date & Venue
October 29 (Mon.) to 31 (Wed.) 2001: Beijing, China<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

Par ticipants introduced their ac tivit y to establish
environmental education collaboration among thethree countries and discussed about how to improvethe database of each country. In addition to the decisionof TEEN logo, a joint symposium was also held where
about 300 high school students from Beijing participated.
Student participants performed a play on the theme ofenvironmental education.

● Current status of environmental education in the three countries<Theme of workshop>● Environmental education policy● School education, examples of activity involved with partnership<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education ForumThe symposium and workshop of the 24th Tripartite Environmental Education Network

8<Entire activities of TEMM>
At the third TEMM held in Tokyo in April 2001, the ministers confirmed the necessity to strengthen domestic efforts
and international cooperation for serious situations of climate change issues, particularly the efforts to early entry into
force of the Kyoto Protocol. Regarding air pollution, the ministers reaffirmed acid rain as being the common issue ofthe three countries and the importance of Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET).

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3 rd

TEEN

Efforts related to the current status of environmental
education focused on local and river in the three
countries
Date & Venue
September 24 (Tue.) to 27 (Fri.) 2002: in Seoul, Korea

The

5 th

TEEN

Development of environmental educationmaterials for children
Date & Venue
December 22 (Wed.) to 23 (Thu.): Tianjin, China<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium><Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

Participants made presentation and exchanged views on
the current status of environmental education focusedon local and river in the three countries. Discussions
were also made between each competent organizations
and participants regarding TEEN’s future directions.
Subsequently, it was agreed to start making concreteconsideration of a joint program of environmental
education for children at the fifth TEMM held in Beijing in
December 2003.

● The current status of local environmental education

Par ticipants made presentation on “Environmental
Education Program for Children” and each country agreed
to choose a common environmental theme and develop
education materials. The three countries then jointly
developed environmental education materials for children
on the three theme of “migratory bird,” “river,” and “recycle,”and Japan made report on this at the sixth TEMM held in
Seoul in October 2005.

● Environmental education for youth and its practice of the three

in the three countries<Theme of workshop>● The current status of environmental education focusedon local and river in the three countries

The

4 th

TEEN

Date & Venue
January 15 (Thu.) to 17 (Sat.) 2003: Shizuoka, Japan● The policy and practice on environmental education for children in

the three countries● Japan Environmental Education Forum● Japan Environmental Education Forum

Future challenges of environmental education inlight of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development, 2005- 2014 (DESD)<Theme of workshop><Entrusted by><Entrusted by><Entire activities of TEMM>
The fourth TEEM was held in Seoul, Korea, in April 2004 to discuss about regional issues in North East Asia, such as
climate change, dust and sandstorm, and ecological conservation of North-west China. The environmental ministers
built a consensus to make the three countries’ effort to reflect opinions of Asia satisfactory to the course of theJohannesburg Summit. Moreover, it was confirmed to contribute to dust and sandstorm issues through seminar,training, research and study, etc.

countries<Entire activities of TEMM>
The sixth TEMM was held in Tokyo in December 2004. The ministers agreed to build cooperative relationship in Asia forthe establishment of recycle society and decided to organize tripartite seminar, etc. and start information exchange
and policy dialogue in the area of environment and economy including recycle society by promoting participation ofvarious entities. Moreover, a workgroup was established for continuously discussing about the way of environmental
management in North East Asia.

The

6 th

TEEN

Presentation of the results of application ofenvironmental education materials for children andcorporate activities of environmental education
Date & Venue
December 20 (Tue.) to 22 (Thu.) 2005: Seoul, Korea<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium><Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

With “sustainable development for education” in mind,
par ticipants discussed about elements and roles ofenvironmental education. They also examined how todevelop together an environmental education program forchildren aiming to raise awareness of environmental issues.

● Environmental conservation and education at a local level (sharing

The results of application of education materials forchildren in each country were reported. In addition, fromthe perspectives of environmental education in businessand industry, persons from enterprises in each country
made presentation on their activity. It was proposed as
future activities to involve students who are interested
in environmental education and invite observers from
Mongol and Russia considering the initiatives as the North
East Asian region.

● School’s roles of DESD (Decade of Education for Sustainable

experiences of the three countries)<Theme of workshop>● Future challenges of environmental education in light of the DESD●

Ecotourism and environmental education<Entrusted by>

Development)● School’s roles in building recycle society<Theme of workshop>● Presentation of the results of application of each education materials,“White-naped Crane,” “Recycle” and “River Program” developed by thethree countries● Environmental education in industry and business● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
At the fifth TEMM held in Beijing, China, in December 2003, the ministers confirmed the significance of initiatives tointegrate economic and social development and environmental protection, such as the establishment of recyclable
society in North East Asia and enhancement of measures for air pollution in urban area and lake and river waterpollution. They also agreed to promote countermeasure projects, such as monitoring, for acid deposition, marine
pollution and dust and sandstorms. Regarding climate change, it was decided to encourage non-signatories so as toenable Kyoto Protocol to come into force earlier.

10<Entire activities of TEMM>
The seventh TEMM was held in Jeju Island, Korea, in October 2005. It was agreed that the three countries took turns
organizing joint seminar and workshop on recycle society taking for the next three years, planed the environmental
impact assessment of the Free Trade Agreement and cooperative activities on management of electrical and electronic
wastes, and promote joint initiatives for marine and coast environmental conservation, such as measures against
marine litter.

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7 th

TEEN

Cases of environmental educationin coastal regions of the three countries
Date & Venue
October 27 (Fri.) to 28 (Sat.) 2006: Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

The

9 th

TEEN

Initiatives of nurturing young environmental
education leaders in higher education
Date & Venue
November 20 (Thu.) to 21 (Fri.) 2008: Seoul, Korea<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium><Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

Participants discussed about cases of environmental
education youth program, etc. at the workshop. At the
symposium, all participants from the three countries
lively exchange their view on the theme of environmental
education in coastal regions of the three countries.

● Marine-related cases of environmental education in coastal regions of

Officers in charge of the environmental ministries from Japanand Korea and environmental education experts from the three
counties participated to the workshop and made presentationand exchange views on the theme of “toward vitalizationof tripartite environmental education exchange.” Japan
introduced its initiative of the human resource developmentof environment in Asia. At the symposium, participants sharedefforts of three counties and exchanged views on the theme of“young environmental education leaders in higher education.”
In addition to the attendance of participants of the Tripartite
Environmental Education Exchange Program for Youth(TEEPY), about 200 citizens participated to the symposium.
In the session of “Food and Environment,” some TEEPY
participants made discussion and presentation on the themeof environmental wisdom in traditional cultures. According to
the review by students, they could have a precious experience
to develop their abilities of dialogue and problem solving andcreativity through creating a mind map of food and eco-map of
a village and making kimuchi (Korean pickles).

● Young environmental education leaders in higher education

the three countries<Theme of workshop>● Cases of environmental education youth program● Town building / local community development centered on

environmental education<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The eighth TEMM was held in Beijing, China, in December 2006. Regarding climate change issues, the decision tocarry out the second review of Kyoto Protocol in 2008 at COP 12 and COP/MOP 2 was assessed. It was also agreed
to organize a meeting at the director general level to discuss about concrete measures, including establishment ofa joint research, for reducing adverse effects of dust and sandstorms on human health. Furthermore, the ministers
shared recognition that further cooperation is necessary to address the issue of various marine litters.

The

8 th

TEEN

Tripartite initiatives
for the improvement of urban air pollution
Date & Venue
October 25 (Thu.) to 26 (Fri.) 2007: Beijing, China● Presentation of achievement of the Tripartite Environmental Education

Exchange Program for Youth (TEEPY)<Theme of workshop>● The activation of the three countries’ environmental educationexchange● The future direction of TEEN among three countries<Entrusted by>● OWLS Co., Ltd.

<Entire activities of TEMM>
The tenth TEMM was held in Jeju Island, Korea, in December 2008. In addition to active exchanges of views on climatechange and the establishment of low-carbon society, it was agreed to further strengthen cooperative relationship forphotochemical oxidant research, joint research on dust and sand storms, cooperation for marine litter management,
and establishment of recycle society. Moreover, activities of TEMM for the past decade was reviewed, and it wasagreed to further enhance the regional tripartite cooperation in North East Asia.

10 th

The

TEEN

Cooperation among local governments, academia
and private entities and development of leaders inhigher education
Date & Venue
November 16 (Mon.) to 17 (Tue.) 2009: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium><Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

A b o u t 1 6 0 p a r t i c i p a n t s i n c l u d i n g e nv i r o n m e n t a l
education experts and NGO staff from the three countries
participated in the symposium. At the symposium andworkshop, initiatives of each country were shared as well as
participants’ views were actively exchanged on the themeof the improvement of urban air pollution.

● Environmental education for urban clean air for sustainable city

The symposium and workshop were held focusing on
development of environmental leaders in higher education
through cooperation among local governments, academia
and private entities, with the participants of experts andgovernment officers. In addition to sharing relevant activitiesof each country, cooperative relationship in future wasdiscussed. At the Tripartite Environment Student Summit(TESS), students from each country made presentations
and exchanged views on their environmental activities andprepare a joint statement. Then, they developed the tripartite
student environment network concept (three action plans)
and presented it at the TEEN symposium.

● Cooperation among local governments, academia and private entities<Theme of workshop>● Environmental education for urban clean air● Networking on environmental education in Korea, China, and Japan● TEEN’s action plan for the next three years<Entrusted by>● OWLS Co., Ltd.

<Entire activities of TEMM>
The ninth TEMM was held in Toyama, Japan, in December 2007. In addition to active exchange of views on measuresagainst global warming, it was agreed to start a joint research on dust and sandstorms and to promote researchcooperation to identify the mechanisms of ozone pollution of photochemical oxidant. It was also agreed to share
information on biodiversity conservation, strengthen cooperation and collaboration on the management of electricaland electric wastes (e-waste), and promote further cooperation on the management of chemicals, and confirmed thecollaboration of follow-up activities of the East Asia Summit.

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and development of leaders in higher education<Theme of workshop>● Regional cooperation for promoting environmental leader

development in higher education institution<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The eleventh TEMM was held in Beijing, China, in December 2009. At the meeting, 10 priority areas of cooperation for the
next five years were defined.
[Cooperation priority area from 2009 to 2014](i) Environmental Education, Environmental Awareness and Public Participation; (ii) Climate Change (Co-benefits
Approaches, Low Carbon Society, Green Growth, etc.); (iii) Biodiversity Conservation; (iv) DSS (Dust and Sandstorms); (v)Pollution Control (Air, Water, Marine Environment etc.); (vi) Environment-Friendly Society/ 3R/Sound Resource Recycle
Society; (vii) Transboundary Movement of E-Waste; (viii) Sound Management of Chemicals; (ix) Environmental Governancein Northeast Asia; and (x) Environmental Industries and Technology.
<Relevant project: AEAN+ 3 Youth Education Forum 2010>
Students of the three counties were invited to the Forum held in Brunei Darussalam in March 2010. This Forum has beenorganized by ASEAN countries since 2005 and it was the third occasion. 140 youths with their age 25 participated to the Forum.

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11 thThe

TEEN

Environment and development and biodiversity
conservation
Date & Venue
March 15 (Tue.) to 16 (Wed.) 2011: Beijing, China<Outline of TEEN>
At the workshop, lectures and repor ts of case study
on environment and development and biodiversity
conservation, etc. The current status on environmental
education was also reported from the three countries andfuture cooperative relationship was discussed.

<Theme of symposium>● Education program centered on biodiversity

At the symposium, the three countries made presentationo n t h e t h e m e o f “ t h e l a t e s t t r e n d o f E d u c a t i o n fo r
Sustainable Development (ESD).” As “domestic andinternational ESD activities,” the three countries’ experts
introduced cases of ESD at the national and regional levels.
At the workshop, with the aim to develop together bookson the theme of “environmental wisdoms in traditional
cultures” and “our shared future” which were related toenvironmental conservation of the three countries, active
discussion was made including the introduction of thecurrent status of the field of education in each country.

● The latest trend of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)● Future direction of TEEN

<Entrusted by><Entire activities of TEMM>
The twelfth TEMM was held in Hokkaido, Japan, in May 2010. At the meeting, it was reaffirmed that TEMM played
an important role of promoting regional environmental cooperation in North East Asia and achieving sustainable
development. Moreover, the “Tripartite Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation” was jointly organized todefine 10 priority areas and adopted as cooperation priority areas for the next five years.
<Japan-China Environmental Student Meeting>
The meeting was held in Beijing, China, in March 2011 where participants shared information on the current status ofenvironmental issues and environmental activities of each country, attended keynote speech by experts, and createdan eco-map by which the current status of environmental issues were identified and visualized. The participants weredivided in three groups of climate change, water quality management and resources to discuss about action plans to
be committed in future.

TEEN

Promotion of green growth environmental
education for environment leader development
Date & Venue
October 25 (Tue.) to 27 (Thu.): Gyeongju, Korea<Outline of TEEN>
TEEN’s histor y and achievement was presented andenvironmental education polic y was explained byadministrative personnel at the symposium. At theworkshop, experts made presentation on the promotion ofgreen growth environmental education for environment
leader development, etc. In the student session, students
from the three countries introduced best practices ofuniversities in each country on the theme of “establishmentof green campus and practice of green life.”

Date & Venue
October 23 (Tue.) to 26 (Fri.) 2012: Sendai, Miyagi, Japan<Outline of TEEN>● Chubu University

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<Theme of workshop>*Symposium was not organized for the eleventh TEEN.

The

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The

The latest activities on Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD)<Theme of symposium>● Future of environmental education – toward “practice”● Debrief of TEEN’s history and achievemen● Environmental education policy of each government<Theme of workshop>● Promotion of green growth environmental education for environment

leader development● Tripartite Student Forum: establishment of green campus and practiceof green life
● Evaluation and future direction of TEEN

<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum● Debrief of TEEN’s history and achievement<Theme of workshop>● Consideration of the direction for developing tripartite environmental

education books<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The fourteenth TEMM was held in Beijing, China, in May 2012. Domestic environmental policy of the three countries
was introduced, and participants exchanged views on major policy on global and regional environmental issues,
progress evaluation of the joint action plan, and the debrief of student and business forum. These results wereadopted as a joint communiqué.
<TEMM Student Forum>
On May 3, 2012, exchange of views and discussions by student representatives of the three countries were held
in Beijing, China in accordance with organization of TEMM 14. At the student forum, the student representativesof each country made presentations on the themes of “environmental activities of youth” and “the role of youth topromote sustainable development and green economy.”

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TEEN

Environmental education in higher education andnew challenges and prospect for Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD)
Date & Venue
October 22 (Tue.) to 24 (Thu.) 2013: Beijing, China<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

The meeting was held with the aim to provide an opportunity
to exchange views on experiences, values and ideas with TEEN
member countries on the theme of “environmental educationin higher education and new challenges and prospect for
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).”
The workshop was also held by experts of the three countries on
the theme of “consideration of developing environment books
for children in the three countries.” Regarding environment books
for the fifth- and sixth-grade students, the development of which
has been ongoing by the three countries, the development
progress was confirmed and views on its contents and work
process were actively exchanged.

● Environmental education in higher education and the current status

and trend as well as new challenges of ESD<Theme of workshop>● Consideration of developing environment books for children in thethree countries<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM><Entire activities of TEMM>
The thirteenth TEMM was held in Busan, Korea, in April 2011. At the meeting, the participants exchanged views on
progress of environment policy in each country, global and regional issues, etc. The progress of the “Joint Action Plan”
which established in the last year was also confirmed and agreed to further facilitate its implementation. Moreover, “TEMM
student Forum” and “TEMM Industry Forum,” which were organized by students of the three countries and representativesof industry, were held.
<TEMM Student Forum>
In accordance with the organization of TEMM 13, the student forum was also held in Busan, Korea. Student
representatives of the three countries made presentation and exchanged views on the themes of “Realizing lowcarbon green campus” and “development of future green leaders.”<TEMM Youth Forum>
On May 5, 2013, in accordance with the organization of TEMM 15, the youth forum was held in Kita-Kyushu city where
youth representatives from the three countries exchanged their views. At the youth forum, the youth representativesof each country made presentations and discussions on the themes of “environmental issues and initiatives toward
environmentally sustainable city” and “toward environmentally sustainable city.”

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The fifteenth TEMM was held in Kita-kyushu city, Japan in May 2013. At the meeting, together with the introduction of the
progress of domestic environmental policy in the three countries, frank views on air pollution, green economy, climatechange, biodiversity, etc. was exchanged and adopted as a joint communiqué. Moreover, the results of “TEMM Youth Forum”
and “TEMM Business Forum” was reported and these were adopted a joint communiqué.

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TEEN

Future activities for tripartite cooperation ofsustainable environmental education
Date & Venue
October 22 (Wed.) to 24 (Fri.) 2014: Jeju Island, Korea<Outline of TEEN>
Under the theme of “future activities for tripartite cooperation of sustainable
environmental education,” footsteps and achievement of TEEN were reviewed andprospects on future activities of the three countries were presented.
At the workshop, amid eight environmental education books for children which
the three countries have been jointly developing, the development progress andthe contents and work process of one each book developed by Japan and Korea
were confirmed. In addition, views on the five-year plan of TEEN ( 2015 to 2019)were exchanged. As initiatives of planned tripartite projects, “development of
newly independent TEEN website,” “creation of short video collection by theme,”“comparative study of environmental education program initiated by private entitiesof the three countries as part of their CSR activities,” etc. were proposed and it wasagreed to continue the discussions toward achievement of these projects.

<Theme of symposium>● Future activities for tripartite cooperation of

The theme for this meeting was “Strengthening Public Engagement forEnvironmental Education/ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)”.
Views were exchanged on environmental education and ESD efforts.
In the workshop, the participants visited Shenzhen Bay Park Nature School
and took a tour of Shenzhen Futian Mangrove Park with a volunteer guide.
The Japanese representatives gave lectures on the management of Nature
School (Visitor Center) and interpretation to the employees of the Nature
School and volunteers.
The group also visited Shenzhen OCT Primary School where the Korean
representatives, based on the theme of traditional clothing taken from theenvironmental education book developed by Korea, “Traditional Wisdoms”,
held an event for experiencing silk spinning from cocoons and color dyeing
to learn about how traditional clothing were made..

● Policy on promoting Environmental Education in China,

sustainable environmental education<Theme of workshop>● Final confirmation on the development ofenvironmental education books for children
in the three countries<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum

Japan and Korea● The impacts of Environmental Education/Education for

Sustainable Development Program to local community<Theme of workshop>● Visit to Nature School (Visitor Center) in China● Use of environmental education book for children

developed by Korea<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM><TEMM Youth Forum>
On April 28, 2014, in accordance with the organization of TEMM 16, the youth forum was held in Daegu, Korea, where youth
representatives from the three countries exchanged their views and discussed. The student representatives of each country
introduced cases of their country on the theme of “youth’s ambition toward sustainability and initiative of action”. In the afternoon
session, participants were mixed in three teams to exchange active and frank views.

TEEN

Date & Venue
September 23 (Fri.) to 25 (Sun.) 2016: China Shenzhen<Outline of TEEN>

The 16th TEMM was held in April 2014 in Daegu, Korea. In the meeting the three countries reported on the progress of theirdomestic environmental policies and discussed air pollution issues as the most important agenda. As a result, the improvementof air quality was determined as one of the priority areas in the tripartite cooperation for the next five years, and a communiquecontaining the specifics of future cooperation was adopted. At the same time the Youth Forum and Business Forum were also
held with the participation of youth and industry representatives from the three countries. Their results were reported to the three
Ministers at the Ministerial Meeting.

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TEEN

<Theme of symposium><Entire activities of TEMM>

The

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The

Strengthening Public Engagement forEnvironmental Education/Education for
Sustainable Development

Connecting the world and regions(from the perspective of “glocal”)– Post-DESD in Okayama city –The 18th TEMM was held in April 2016 in Shizuoka City, Japan. In the meeting the three countries reported on the progress of theirdomestic environmental policies and exchanged views based on the reports. Based on the action plan adopted last year, the progress ofactivities in each area was reviewed and it was confirmed that cooperative efforts will continue and expand going forward. In addition, withregard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, it was agreed that measures will be implemented fromthis year. The importance of having the Paris Agreement enter into force at an early date was also confirmed. Furthermore, it was agreed
that the parties will work towards sharing experiences and policies regarding the disposal of waste after natural disasters, such as major
earthquakes.

<TEMM Youth Forum>
On April 25, 2016, the Youth Forum to exchange views and have discussions among the youth representatives from the three countries
was held in Shizuoka City in conjunction with TEMM. Under the theme “Nature’s benefits to people”, the youth representatives from eachcountry presented examples of efforts in their country such as visits to museums, including Tokai University’s Natural History Museum andMarine Science Museum, and tea picking experience in Nihondaira, and views were exchanged.

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Date & Venue
October 25 (Sun.) to 27 (Tue.) 2015: Okayama city and Naoshima-cho, Kagawa<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

Under the theme of “connecting the world and regions (from the perspective of “glocal”) –Post-DESD in Okayama city –,” participants exchanged views on environmental education and
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). At the workshop, participants visited “Midori
to Mizuno Michi (Green and Water Path)” in Kyoyama district, Kita-ku, Okayama city where
pioneering initiative of ESD has been promoted as well as Kyoyama Community Center to learn
about its activities of handing down of traditional art, exchange with foreigners, etc. Moreover,by using an environmental education book developed by Korea, “Environmental wisdoms in
traditional cultures: Ondol,” a class was provided to grade-6 students of Sone Elementary School.
At the class, students created a prototype of Korean underfloor heating device called Ondol andcarried out experiment on heat conduction structure to underfloor using a moxibustion.
In the excursion, participants visited Naoshima-cho, Kagawa, to see Benesse House Museum,
Chichu Art Museum, and “Ie (house) Project,” a work of a contemporary artist renovating an old
Japanese-style house, and exchange views with persons concerned in Naoshima-cho. Throughthese activities, participants learned a practical example of regional development by art in termsof environmental education and ESD.

● Extension and networking ofenvironmental education from point toline, to line to surface<Theme of workshop>
Visit to a pioneering case on
environmental education and Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) in Japan● Use of environmental education book forchildren developed by Korea●<Entrusted by>

TEEN

Bio-cultural diversity and community based
environmental education
Date & Venue
November 1 (Wed.) to 3 (Fri.) 2017: Korea , Suwon<Outline of TEEN>
The theme of this meeting was “Bio-cultural diversity
and community based environmental education”. The
participants exchanged views on the activities on biocultural diversity, environmental education and ESD.
In the workshop, TEEN booth was exhibited at Gyeonggi
environmental education festival. Also, Japanese teachers
gave environmental education research class at Youn Hyun
primary school. In the class, the participants learnt aboutbio-cultural diversity through reviewing the differences
and similarities of rice in the three countries.

<Theme of symposium>● Bio-cultural diversity and community based environmental education<Theme of workshop>● Exhibition at Gyeonggi environmental education festival● Environmental education research class in Korean primary school byJapanese teachers<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM><Entire activities of TEMM>

The seventeenth TEMM was held in Shanghai city, China, in April 2015. At the meeting, participants exchanged views onenvironmental policy progress in the three countries, global and regional environmental issues, and the progress of the Tripartite Joint
Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation as well as adopted the “Tripartite Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation” for the
next 5 years ( 2015 to 2019) and a joint communiqué.

The 19th TEMM was held in August 2017 in Suwon, Korea. At the meeting, the participants exchanged views on environmental policy
progress in the three countries, invasive alien species including red imported fire ant, marine debris, air pollution and SDGs (Sustainable
Development Goals) as well as adopted a joint communiqué. Also, a bilateral environmental ministerial talk between Japan-China andJapan-South Korea was held, aiming at further promoting environmental cooperation.

<TEMM Youth Forum><TEMM Youth Forum>

On April 29, 2015, in accordance with the organization of TMM 17, the youth forum was held in Shanghai city, China, participants ofeach country made presentations, exchange views and discussed on the role of youth for establishing the our linkage to nature in
realizing sustainable development under the theme of “building relationship with nature.”

On August 24, the Youth Forum, to exchange views and have discussions among the youth representatives from three countries, washeld in Suwon in conjunction with TEMM. Under the theme “Bio-cultural diversity and youth participation”, the youth representatives
from each country presented examples of effort in their country and exchanged views. Also, a declaration statement was created.

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Developing sustainable community through multistakeholders collaboration–towards the achieving
the SDGsDate & Venue
October 6 (Sat.) to 8 (Mon.) 2018: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan<Outline of TEEN>
The theme of this meeting was “Developing sustainable community throughmulti-stakeholders collaboration –towards the achieving the SDGs-”. The
participants exchanged views on the activities on environmental education and
ESD.
At the workshop, a training was held though using a facilitation guidebook
which was being developed by Japan. In the excursion, the participants
visited the Kitakyushu environmental museum and learned about the historyof overcoming pollution and efforts for the future. After that, they visited theworkshop venue "Kitakyushu ESD Manabito station" where is a common space
for a project to foster students at Ten Universities and Colleges in Kitakyushu
though practical training at the community, and learnt about the project.

<Theme of symposium>● Developing sustainable community throughmulti-stakeholders collaboration –towards theachieving the SDGs-<Theme of workshop>● Implementation of workshop through using

facilitation-guidebook<Entrusted by>

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TEEN

Environmental education at the local level: Sharing
experiences of China, Japan, and Korea
Date & Venue
October 15 (Thu.) to 16 (Fri.) 2020 Korea, (hosted virtually)<Outline of TEEN>
At the symposium under the theme of “Environmental education at the local
level: Sharing experiences of China, Japan, and Korea”, opinions were exchanged
based on practical reports from three countries on environmental education and
ESD at the local level.
In the workshop, Korea introduced and gave a hands-on trial of an online
environmental education program through a smar tphone application“Community Mapping”, which is mapping animals and plants on a virtual map. At
the second part of the workshop, 4-5 cases of environmental education in region
were reported from each country, and participants share their experiences andexchanged their idea for further practices.

<Theme of symposium>● Environmental education at the local level:

Sharing experiences of China, Japan, and Korea<Theme of workshop>● EE in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Hands-on trial on asmartphone application “Community Mapping”● Mutual learning from the experiences of EE incollaboration with local governments in C/J/K● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM><Entire activities of TEMM and TEMM Youth Forum>

The 20th TEMM was held in June 2018 in Suzhou, China. At the meeting, the participants reviewed environmental cooperationin the three countries in the past 20 years and confirmed the recent progress. Also, the participants exchanged opinions oncooperation towards G 20 (Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth), collaborative research to constructdecarbonized city, measures against invasive alien species including red imported fire ant, measures against marine debris, air
pollution and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as well as adopted a joint communiqué.

TEMM 22 and TEMM 22 Youth Forum have been postponed to prevent the spread of COVID- 19 infection.

<TEMM Youth Forum>
On June 22- 24, the Youth Forum, to exchange views and have discussions among the youth representatives from three countries,
was held in Suzhou in conjunction with TEMM. Under the theme “Youth’s role in engaging general public march towards greener
tomorrow”, the youth representatives from each country presented examples of effort in their country and exchanged views. At
the end of the forum, a declaration statement was composed by youth delegates and reported by their representatives to Three
Ministers at TEMM 20.

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TEEN

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of
Trilaterial EE Cooperation
Date & Venue
October 27 (Sun.) to 29 (Tue.) 2019 China, Hangzhou city

<Outline of TEEN>
As the 20th anniversary of TEEN, the theme of this meeting was “Commemorating
the 20th Anniversary of Trilaterial EE Cooperation”. The participants exchanged
views on the activities on environmental education and ESD.
The participants visited the center of an environmental education organizationin Hangzhou Botanical Garden. At the center, Environmental educators andprofessionals had discussion following two good practices were reported fromJapan and Korea,
After that, the participants visited an experimental elementary school thenenjoyed a musical by pupils in the theme of “separating rubbish”, watched verious
after school activities, guided tour on rooftop garden by pupils.
At the finalday, participants visited Xixi national wetland park for the excursion,and learnt about life, culture and bio-diversities in Wetland.

<Theme of symposium>
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of
Trilaterial EE Cooperation●<Theme of workshop>● Report on case examples by Japanese andKorean environmental education experts anddiscussion among Japanese, Chinese, andKorean people are involved in environmental
education.
● Visit to an experimental elementary school<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The 21th TEMM was held in November 2019 in Kitakyushu city, Japan. At the meeting, the participants exchanged opinions on the
progress of national environmental policies. Also, they reviewed the tripartite action plan ( 2015- 2019), related to environmental
collaboration. After the review, they discussed on the priority areas such as improvement of air condition and 3R, to create the next
tripartite action plan ( 2020- 2024).

<TEMM Youth Forum>
On November 22- 24, the Youth Forum, to exchange views and have discussions among the youth representatives from three
countries, was held in Kitakyushu in conjunction with TEMM. Under the theme “Imagine, Create, and Action! -Transforming our world
to sustainable for everyone”, the youth representatives from each country presented their ideas to achieve sustainable society andexchanged views. Also, the participants created a report on the result of the youth forum to the ministers of three countries.

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Our proactive choice for 2050:
Implementation of decarbonized society and a role ofEnvironmental Education
Date & Venue
November 25 (Thurs.) to 26 (Fri.) 2021 Japan, (hosted virtually)<Outline of TEEN>
At the symposium, under the theme of "Our proactive Choice for 2050 :Implementation of decarbonized society and a role of Environmental Education"
research and practical presentations were made on environmental educationand ESD initiatives in China, Japan, and Korea. In addition, a panel discussion washeld among the presenters to exchange opinions on the role of environmental
education in solving global climate change issues toward 2050.
In the workshop, a mock class was held on the theme of "Climate Change andFood" using the facilitation-guidebook developed as part of the TEEN joint
project.
The participants were divided into groups from each country and discussed how
food will be affected if climate change continues and what actions they can takein the future.

<Theme of symposium>● Our proactive choice for 2050:
Implementation of decarbonized society and arole of Environmental Education<Theme of workshop>● Conducting mock classes using thefacilitation-guidebook<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The 22nd TEMM was held in December 2021 in an online format hosted by Korea.
In this meeting, the participants exchanged views on the progress of environmental policies of each country, global and regional
environmental issues, and the progress of the Tripartite Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation, and adopted the Tripartite
Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation and the Joint Communiqué.

<TEMM Youth Forum>
On December 11, 2021, in conjunction with the 22nd TEMM, the TEMM Youth Forum was held under the theme of "Raise Youth Voices
for Climate Action" in an online format hosted by Korea. In addition to the introduction of case studies by youth representatives fromthe three countries, the participants were divided into groups and discussed through workshops to create "Our Visions of 2050".

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Nature-based Environmental Education Innovation:
Connection, Integration and Creation
Date & Venue
November 17(Thurs.) to 18(Fri.) 2022 China, (hosted virtually)<Outline of TEEN>
The theme of the symposium was "Nature-based Environmental Education
Innovation : Connection, Integration and Creation". A panel discussion was heldby the presenters and commentators, and opinions were exchanged on future
prospects.
In the workshop, 5 environmental education practitioners from each country
participated, and divided into groups to present their activities and exchange
opinions on future collaboration.

<Theme of symposium>● Nature-based Environmental Education

Innovation:Connection, Integration and Creation<Theme of workshop>● Sharing of case studies of nature-based

environmental education and discussion byenvironmental education practitioners<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The 23rd TEMM was held in December 2022 in an online format hosted by China.
In this meeting, the participants exchanged opinions on environmental policies of each country and confirmed theprogress of the Joint Action Plan ( 2021- 2025), and adopted a joint communiqué as the outcome of the meeting.

<TEMM Youth Forum>
The TEMM Youth Forum was held on March 29, 2023, under the theme "Youth on Biodiversity: Power for Action" in an
online format, hosted by China.
Representatives of youth from the three countries introduced their initiatives and hold discussions.

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TEEN

Environmental education for climate change
mitigation and adaptation: focused on participation
Date & Venue
November 27(Mon.) to 30(Thu.) 2023 Korea, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province area

<Outline of TEEN><Theme of symposium>

The theme of the symposium was " Environmental education for climatechange mitigation and adaptation: focused on participation". At the
symposium, the three countries shared examples of activities and presented
challenges under the theme "Environmental education for climate change
mitigation and adaptation: focused on participation". A panel discussion washeld by the presenters and commentators, and opinions were exchanged on
future prospects.
We visited Hyodon Junior High School, which is designated as a researchschool for climate change education and environmental education, where
representatives from Japan and China gave classes on the theme of climatechange, and we also toured the Dongbaek Dongsan Wetland Center.

● Environmental education for climate change

mitigation and adaptation : focused on participation<Theme of workshop>● Sharing of case studies of environmental education

for climate change mitigation and adaptation anddiscussion by environmental education practitioners<Entrusted by>● Japan Environmental Education Forum<Entire activities of TEMM>
The 24th TEMM was held in November 2023 in Nagoya city, Aichi hosted by Japan.
In this meeting, the participants exchanged opinions on environmental policies of each country and confirmed the progress of
the Joint Action Plan ( 2021- 2025), and adopted a joint communiqué as the outcome of the meeting.

<TEMM Youth Forum>
The TEMM Youth Forum was held on November 2 to 4, 2023, under the theme "Towards the Harmonious Coexistence with
Nature: Inspiring Education for the Future " in Nagoya city, Aichi, hosted by Japan.
Presentations and group discussions were also held by youth representatives from the three countries, and the participants
created a report on the results of the youth forum.

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