Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development: North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education Scientific, cultural, and diplomatic relations between Europe and its
Many universities around Europe and the world are activily pursuing initiatives aimed at implementing the principles of sustainable development as part of their operations: estates, purchases, travel,
Climate change policies are important tools in supporting the legislative and executive branches in promoting conditions for assertive action to advance the climate agenda. Sound policies are essentia
Plastic pollution is a major problem, which affects terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in various parts of the world, endangering human and environmental health. Over 12m tonnes of plastic find the wa
Deforestation is a major problem in the Amazon region as a whole, and in Brazil in particular. To date, nearly 800,000km² of Brazil’s original 4 million km² of Amazon forest has been depleted due to a
PROGRAMME Programme Time (CET) 13:00 – 13:20 World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2022 – Opening Prof. Dr. Walter Leal Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany & Manchester Metropolitan U
Fostering Sustainable Development and Increasing the Climate Resilience of Costal Areas Coastal areas are at the forefront of climate change. They are under severe pressures from climate factors on th
The role of climate change centres and sustainability centres in fostering a more sustainable world Over the past 20 years, efforts to handle climate change and implement csustainable development acro
AFRICA 2030 - Strenghtening the capacity of African countries to handle the challenges of a changing environment It is widely known that Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate chan
Universities are widely acknowledged as major emitters of greenhouse gases, which inter alia, provide a significant contribution to climate change. Their deep carbon footprints are caused by various p
