Higher Education Institutions in a Global Warming World

ISBN-13: 9788793609204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 150 str.

Ulisses M. Azeiteiro; Walter Leal Filho; Joao Paulo Davim

Opis

Contributes to the global debate on sustainability in higher education, and in particular to the transition of higher education institutions to a low carbon economy. The transition of higher education institutions towards a low carbon economy is aligned with the Paris Agreement, and with Sustainable Development Goal 13.

Spis treści

• Editorial
• 1. Higher Education Institutions and Carbon Management: Insights from Africa
• 2. Combating Global Warming through the Estate and Curriculum - A Whole-Institution Commitment at Nottingham Trent University
• 3. Linking Curriculum Innovation and Campus Greening in the transition to a low carbon economy: A Case Study
• 4. Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy: the Evolving Role of the University of the Philippines
• 5. Progressive trends in implementing climate change courses in higher education curriculum at Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
• 6. Commuters’
• Carbon Footprints –
• A Sustainability Case Study from Symbiosis International University, India
• 7. Determinants of Employees’
• Perceptions, Commuting Culture and Environmental Sustainability at Symbiosis International University, India
• 8. Rankings and Sustainability in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions: a descriptive analysis
• 9. Living labs for education for sustainable development in the context of higher education. Identifying Triggers and Drivers of Development in the Portuguese Universities
• Author Index
• Keyword Index.

O autorze

Ulisses Azeiteiro, Walter Leal, Paulo Davim