In India, the Centre for environment education is a national operator. Centre for environment education (CEE) was established in 1984 as a centre of excellence of the ministry of environment and forests, government of India. As a national institution, CEE’s mandate is to promote environmental awareness nationwide. CEE develops innovative programmes and educational material and builds capacity in the field of education for sustainable development (ESD). It is committed to ensure that Environmental education (EE) leads to action for sustainable development. It undertakes field projects that demonstrate and validate the role education can play in sustainable development.
Working with the government, CEE has made significant contributions to international negotiations in the area of ESD. CEE has played a nodal role in India for several UN programmes such as UN decade of Education for Sustainable development, Global Environmental facility- small grants programme, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes and many others.