Iquitos Statement on Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Following the IAU 2014 International Conference on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development, held in Iquitos, Peru, this statement reaffirms the commitment of IAU and the higher education community at large to pursuing sustainable development within and through their respective institutions, and to reassessing higher education and its role in the transition to more sustainable societies in the context of the UN Agenda 2030. It fueled debate at the UNESCO 2014 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (Aïchi Nagoya, Japan) and was adopted officially at the IAU 15th General Conference in Thailand, in 2016.

Read the Iquitos Statement on Higher Education for Sustainable Development here.