Climate Resilience Planning and Organizational Learning on Campuses and Beyond: A Comparative Study of Three Higher Education Institutions

Washington-Ottombre, Camille; Brylinsky, Sarah; Carlberg, Dennis; Weisbord, Dano

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89590-1_5

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“…Filho et al (2023) found that although climate change is of great relevance to universities, its coverage in university programs is not as extensive as expected. Therefore, HEIs should be both part of the solution and the problem when it comes to addressing climate change (Washington-Ottombre et al, 2019).…”

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Climate change and ecological sustainability in Zimbabwe: Interrogating the role of Higher Education Institutions in disaster management

Macheka

2024

Climate Resilience

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Zimbabwe has been hit by a number of cyclones in the last two decades, namely Cyclone Eline in 2000, Cyclone Japhet in 2003, Cyclone Dineo in 2017, Cyclone Idai in 2019, Tropical Storm Chalane in 2020, Cyclone Eloise in 2021, Cyclone Ana in 2022 and Cyclone Freddy in 2023. Resultantly, the issue of ecological sustainability becomes a key priority issue in the country, and thus, all key stakeholders’ participation becomes imperative. Against this background, the study interrogates the level of participation and inclusion of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in climate change and disaster management in Zimbabwe. This qualitative research adopted a mixed research approach where data were gathered and generated through self‐administered and online questionnaires, focus group discussions, key informant interviews and document review. Findings revealed that the available laws, structures and mechanisms for climate change management and disaster prevention do not have provision for the participation of HEIs. The study further established mixed views among the participants regarding the efforts by HEIs in climate change and disaster management. On one hand, academics and students highlighted roles of HEIs in climate change management, and these include material donations, knowledge creation, training community on climate mainstreaming, awareness campaigns, leading climate change adaptation projects, leading climate change mitigation projects and testing and deployment of innovative practices. On the other, communities voiced their concern on the low level of participation by HEIs. Results illustrate that HEIs do not fully participate in ecological sustainability outside the academia realm. Therefore, the study concludes that in order to realize ecological sustainability, these policy gaps and inconsistences and failures could be bridged by allowing HEIs as centres of knowledge creation to be key players in climate change and disaster management. The ‘business as usual’ approach to environmental challenges could be changed to being key players in addressing climate change issues.

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Climate change and ecological sustainability in Zimbabwe: Interrogating the role of Higher Education Institutions in disaster management

Macheka

2024

Climate Resilience

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“…Future decision-makers need to make their decisions from an informed position, and for this reason, climate change education and research programmes are of major importance 3 . Higher education institutions (HEIs) are part of both the solution and the problem regarding climate change 4 . By becoming actively engaged in efforts against climate change, HEIs can provide research-based and educational solutions to identify the most critical climate impacts and ways to handle them.…”

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Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges

Leal Filho,

Weissenberger,

Luetz

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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Many higher education institutions around the world are engaged in efforts to tackle climate change. This takes place by not only reducing their own carbon footprint but also by educating future leaders and contributing valuable research and expertise to the global effort to combat climate change. However, there is a need for studies that identify the nature of their engagement on the topic, and the extent to which they are contributing towards addressing the many problems associated with climate change. Against this background, this paper describes a study that consisted of a review of the literature and the use of case studies, which outline the importance of university engagement in climate change and describe its main features. The study identified the fact that even though climate change is a matter of great relevance to universities, its coverage in university programmes is not as wide as one could expect. Based on the findings, the paper also lists the challenges associated with the inclusion of climate change in university programmes. Finally, it describes some of the measures which may be deployed in order to maximise the contribution of higher education towards handling the challenges associated with a changing climate.

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Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Universities: A Case Study in Brazil

Aguiar,

Pacca

2023

University Initiatives on Climate Change Education and Research

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Climate Resilience Planning and Organizational Learning on Campuses and Beyond: A Comparative Study of Three Higher Education Institutions

Cited by 3 publications

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Climate change and ecological sustainability in Zimbabwe: Interrogating the role of Higher Education Institutions in disaster management

Climate change and ecological sustainability in Zimbabwe: Interrogating the role of Higher Education Institutions in disaster management

Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges

Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Universities: A Case Study in Brazil

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