The 8th International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2026 builds on the momentum of previous ICSE editions, responding to the growing urgency for coordinated action to address global sustainability challenges.

This year’s theme, “Sustainability Education for Transformative Action”, highlights the role of education in enabling meaningful and lasting change. As the world faces accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and widening inequalities, sustainability education must move beyond awareness to foster systems thinking, ethical leadership, innovation, and collective responsibility.

The conference underscores the need to translate knowledge into action by empowering educators, policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, youth, and civil society to work together in

advancing sustainable solutions. By strengthening collaboration across sectors and promoting action-oriented learning, ICSE 2026 aims to position sustainability education as a key driver of resilient, inclusive, and sustainable futures.