Аннотация
The article raises the problem of readiness of pedagogical staff of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan for realization of task 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goals in general education. The results of research on teachers' awareness and their attitude to education on sustainable development and for sustainable development are analyzed in two countries. Teachers' opinions on education for sustainable development and ways of its implementation are described and systematized. Similar problems are identified, their causes are discussed and directions for improvement are proposed. It is concluded that the process of greening of both the content of general and professional pedagogical education is a common direction to ESD for both countries. The areas of mutual interests and cooperation between scientists and teachers of both countries in this direction were identified. The Russian Federation does not have a state program on training of teachers in the sphere of education for sustainable development and education of global citizenship, but the Concept of general environmental education for sustainable development has been developed. The project "Green University" on preparation of teachers for implementation of task 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goals was launched in Kazakhstan. Cooperation between scientists of the two countries in developing a common model of Green School/Higher Education, based on mutual reinforcement of key ideas of pilot projects on greening the content of general education in Russian schools and greening the content of teacher training in Kazakh universities on the basis of a general institutional approach, seems promising.