Climate change is a matter of global concern and specific sectors of society such as universities need to engage and be active in the search for regional and local solutions for what is a global problem. Despite the fact that many universities all around the world are undertaking remarkable efforts in tackling the challenges posed by climate change, few of such works are widely documented and disseminated. The book "Universities and Climate Change" addresses this gap.
The book pursues three aims. Firstly, it presents a review of the approaches and methods to inform, communicate and educate university students and the public on climate change being used by universities around the world. Secondly, it introduces initiatives, projects and communication strategies undertaken by universities with a view to informing students and other stakeholders in order to raise awareness on matters related to climate change. Finally, the book documents, promotes and disseminates some of the on-going initiatives.
Chapter 1 Climate Change at Universities: Results of a World Survey
Chapter 2 Path to the Future for Climate Change Education: an University Project Approach
Chapter 3 Australian Universities, Government Research and the Application of Climate Change Knowledge in Australian Coastal Zone Management
Chapter 4 Implications of the University with the Climatic Change
Chapter 5 University of Minnesota Water Based Nitrogen Budget
Chapter 6 Sustainable Literacy and Climate Change: Engagement, Partnerships, Projects
Chapter 7 Getting to the Heart of Climate Change through Stories
Chapter 8 Climate change education in curricula of technical and classical universities
Chapter 9 Interdisciplinary and interfaculty approaches in higher education capable to permeate the complexity of climate change
Chapter 10 Campus as Classroom: Integrating People, Place and Performance for Communicating Climate Change
Chapter 11 How to educate for a healthy climate at a university? An intergenerational cooperation (A case study from Slovakia)
Chapter 12 Targeting a low-carbon university: a greenhouse gas reduction target for the Australian Technology Network of Universities
Chapter 13 Malaysian University Students' Awareness of Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 14 The changes of life style -- significant contribution to GHG emission reduction efforts
Chapter 15 Universities as Learning Organizations for Sustainability? The Task of Climate Protection
Chapter 16 Using a Spare-Time University for climate change education
Chapter 17 Embracing the Future: The Ball State University Geothermal Project
Chapter 18 Engaged learning for Climate Change: The Perils and Potentials of Collaborative Partnerships and Projects
Chapter 19 Learning for climate responsibility -- via consciousness to action
Chapter 20 CO2 Emissions Impact of Sustainable Food Procurement: Informing University Policy
Chapter 21 Graduate Studies of Global Change at the University of Latvia
About the Authors
Thematic Index