Cooperation Needed to Push Sustainable Development Agenda

“Cooperation Needed to Push Sustainable Development Agenda” was published in University World News on 21 March 2020. It was written by Isabel Toman, Stefanie Mallow and Hilligje van’t Land , 21 March 2020.

Abstract: ‘Sustainability’ is on the agenda of many universities and other higher education institutions, not only because students and other initiatives are pushing for their institutions and society to become ‘greener’. This topic has been on the table as far back as 1993 when the Brundtland report came out. However, reducing one’s carbon footprint is only scratching the surface of a much more complex topic. What we need to comprehend is how higher education institutions are engaging with it and what role they play in the overall picture. Recently published data by the International Association of Universities shows that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are increasingly important at higher education institutions, though they are approached differently depending on the institutional context.

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