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Sustainability Offices and Global Sustainability Strategies. Making Universities part of the Global Transition to Sustainability.

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a crucial role in the Global Transitiontowards Sustainability. This handbook describes how HEIs can contribute tothis transition by developing sustainability strategies which are complementaryto policy agendas, such as the Agenda 2030 with its SDGs or the EuropeanGreen Deal. It is argued that sustainability strategies at universities need to belinked to internationalization and transfer strategies. Finally, the handbookpresents good practices related to the set up of Global Sustainability Strategies(GSS) and Sustainability Offices (SO) at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs),which were collected by a European-wide ad-hoc survey.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14215595

Authors: Zimmermann, Thilo, Bellinzona, Martina Altea

Institutions: University of Cologne, University of Pavia

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability in Higher Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Climate action, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission