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Sustainability issues in the eastern Africa region, like in the rest of the world, cut across domains ranging from climate change, deforestation, air pollution, biodiversity loss, food waste, unsustainable energy through fossil fuels, ocean acidification, reduced inequalities, water scarcity and pollution, unsustainable agriculture and water management, among others. These are compounded by lack of policy and governance and coherent inter-sectoral strategy to address the challenges which present in varied in degrees across countries in the region. The Leadership for Education for Sustainable Development (LEAD-ESD) initiative is anchored on several national, regional, continental and global policies, frameworks, guidelines and goals to address sustainability issues through education.

By empowering teacher educators, education officers, and policymakers at all educational levels—from ECCE, to primary, secondary, tertiary and through TVET—UNESCO's LEAD-ESD Program seeks to propel the implementation of SDG 4.7.