Implementing climate change research at universities: Barriers, potential and actions

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:170

Article

Leal Filho, Walter¹  Morgan, Edward A.^2,3  Godoy, Eric S.⁴  Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.^5,6  Bacelar-Nicolau, Paula^7,8  Avila, Lucas Veiga⁹  Mac-Lean, Claudia¹⁰  Huge, Jean^11,12,13 

[1] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Sch Sci & Environm, Chester St, Manchester M1 5GD, Lancs, England

[2] Griffith Univ, Cities Res Inst, 170 Kessels Rd, Brisbane, Qld 4111, Australia

[3] Griffith Univ, Climate Change Response Program, Parklands Dr, Southport, Qld 4222, Australia

[4] Illinois State Univ, Dept Philosophy, Stevenson Hall 412, Normal, IL 61790 USA

[5] Univ Aveiro, Dept Biol, P-3810193 Aveiro, Portugal

[6] Univ Aveiro, CESAM Ctr Environm & Marine Studies, P-3810193 Aveiro, Portugal

[7] Univ Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal

[8] Univ Coimbra, Ctr Funct Ecol, Lisbon, Portugal

[9] UFSM, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

[10] Univ Chile, Off Engn Sustainable Dev, Beauchef 850, Santiago 837048, Chile

[11] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Syst Ecol & Resource Management Unit, Ave Franklin Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

[12] Vrije Univ Brussel, Plant Biol & Nat Management Unit, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

[13] KLIMOS ACROPOLIS Policy Support Platform, Brussels, Belgium

关键词: Climate change research;    Universities;    Higher education;    Research;    Climate change teaching;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.105

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Many universities around the world have been active centres of climate change research. However, there are a number of barriers to climate change research, stemming both from the nature of the research and the structure of institutions. This paper offers an overview of the barriers which hinder the handling of matters related to climate change at institutions of higher education (IHEs), and reports on an empirical study to investigate these barriers using a global survey of higher education institutions. It concludes by proposing some steps which could be followed with a view to making climate change more present and effective in university research and teaching. These include changing approaches to research, outreach and teaching to better support action on climate change. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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