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Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges
Scientific Reports, Vol.13, pp.1-13
2023
PMID: 37923772
Abstract
Many higher education institutions around the world are engaged in efforts to tackle climate change. This takes place by not only reducing their own carbon footprint but also by educating future leaders and contributing valuable research and expertise to the global effort to combat climate change. However, there is a need for studies that identify the nature of their engagement on the topic, and the extent to which they are contributing towards addressing the many problems associated with climate change. Against this background, this paper describes a study that consisted of a review of the literature and the use of case studies, which outline the importance of university engagement in climate change and describe its main features. The study identified the fact that even though climate change is a matter of great relevance to universities, its coverage in university programmes is not as wide as one could expect. Based on the findings, the paper also lists the challenges associated with the inclusion of climate change in university programmes. Finally, it describes some of the measures which may be deployed in order to maximise the contribution of higher education towards handling the challenges associated with a changing climate.
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- Title
- Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges
- Authors
- Walter Leal Filho (Author) - Manchester Metropolitan UniversitySebastian Weissenberger (Author) - Université TÉLUQJohannes M. Luetz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJavier Sierra (Corresponding Author) - Universidad de SalamancaIzabela Simon Rampasso (Author) - Universidad Católica del NorteAyyoob Sharifi (Author) - Hiroshima UniversityRosley Anholon (Author) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Joao Henrique Paulinho Pires Eustachio (Author) - HAW HamburgMarina Kovaleva (Author) - HAW Hamburg
- Publication details
- Scientific Reports, Vol.13, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-023-45866-x
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- PMID
- 37923772
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Grant note
- This work was funded by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, TÉLUQ University.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99976898902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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