The six chapters of the Curriculum Framework for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) deal with interconnected yet separate subjects and can also be approached separately for implementing the aims of the learning area.

• Chapter 1: Conceptual foundations of the Framework
• Chapter 2: Basic conditions at schools and educational challenges
• Chapter 3: Competencies, themes, standards, design of lessons and curricula
• Chapter 4: Implementation in school subjects and on different education levels
• Chapter 5: Sustainable Development as task for the whole school
• Chapter 6: The learning area Global Development in teacher education