Over the last eighteen months PIMA (PASCAL International Members Association), in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA), has led a series of Climate Justice and Adult Learning and Education (ALE) webinars and has produced a special edition of the its PIMA Bulletin 39 (Nov 21) which captures climate justice themes and gives examples.  With recurrent intensified climate events, yet no apparent sense of urgency in many regions, we wish to deepen the dialogue and educational actions.

To kick off the new year, we would like to underscore the value of lifelong learning as expressed by members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities on the occasion of the UN International Day of Education and through the great strides being made by prison libraries in Latin American countries.