With the 2030 deadline for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) looming and global challenges intensifying, the need for action in higher education has become urgent. Global experts will explore ways of embedding sustainability skills and awareness in teaching and learning, and across universities, in a free webinar on Thursday 26 June.

The international experts will debate how individual academics, staff and universities can become agents for sustainable change in the webinar titled “Time to Act: Embedding sustainability in higher education”, co-hosted by [i]University World News[/i] and ABET, the global quality assurance and accreditation agency.

The panelists are Professor Fernando Reimers of Harvard University, an expert in education policy, global education and education for sustainability; Dr Debra Rowe, president of the US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development; Dr Ratna Lindawati Lubis, a professor at Telkom University in Indonesia and entrepreneurship education expert; and Dr Michael KJ Milligan, CEO of ABET, which has embedded sustainability criteria in its higher education accreditation standards.

Moderated by Brendan O’Malley, editor-in-chief of University World News, the experts will field a range of questions. For instance:

How might faculty embed sustainability knowledge and skills into existing curricula and courses, equipping students with awareness of sustainability issues and preparing them with the skills to become sustainability drivers in the future workforce? And how might university leaders and staff advance an institution-wide focus on sustainability through policies, strategies, training and support? What are the good practice examples?

The webinar will discuss how universities – under increasing pressure to align with global sustainability targets – can act now to embed sustainability as a core institutional value rather than an add-on, and support faculty in their sustainability efforts. The discussion will include insights into balancing global frameworks like the SDGs with local relevance, ensuring that sustainability teaching and learning is meaningful and context-specific.

As with all University World News-ABET webinars, the aim will be to combine high-level debate with practical guidance. Participants will come away with real-world examples, ideas, and approaches that academics can apply directly to their own teaching and curriculum design – whether they’re new to sustainability or already engaging with it in their work.

The webinar will be held on Thursday 26 June at: 8.00am LA, 11am NYC, 4pm London, 5pm Cape Town and 8.30pm Delhi.

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Ahead of the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Conference, read this OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group paper examines the energy outcomes from the first global stockade and finance. These outcomes are reviewed to enhance the next nationally determined committments (NDCs) and can be useful to all audiences, whether from a political, advocacy, or education background.

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If you are interested in climate finance or urban development, join online for the third installment with Dr. Meggan Spires from ICLEI, a global network that supports municipalities and cities in a number of different ways.
In this session listeners will learn of the various strategies that ICLEI uses to engage local stakeholders, the challenges ICLEI has faced with on-the-ground implementation of green city initiatives and the ways in which ICLEI helps cities overcome barriers to climate finance. Listeners will also hear about some of the exciting and more strenuous projects that Meggan has worked on throughout her long and fruitful career.
At the end, everyone is welcome to participate in Q&A to ask your burning questions and provide your own views on the space.
Register at the attached URL.

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How might faculty embed sustainability knowledge and skills into existing curricula and courses, equipping students with awareness of sustainability issues and preparing them to become sustainability drivers in the future workforce? And how might university leaders and staff advance an institution-wide focus on sustainability through policies, strategies, training and support? What are the good practice examples?

These and other questions will be probed in the webinar “Time to Act: Embedding sustainability in higher education” to be held on Thursday 26 June at: 8.00am LA, 11am NYC, 4pm London, 5pm Cape Town and 8.30pm Delhi. Panelists include Professor Fernando Reimers of Harvard University and Dr Debra Rowe, president of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development – other panelists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Register now.

NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new open, online webinar series: Sea Level Change Tools for Planning and Decision Support. This two-part introductory training series will focus on NASA products and tools available to assess historical sea-level rise, access and understand projections of sea level, and investigate impacts. Participants will be exposed to the causes behind regional and global sea-level changes and explore climate and analysis tools to access, visualize, and perform statistical analysis using NASA data.

This training is primarily intended for local, state, federal, and international entities, including public and private sector organizations, wanting to integrate NASA Earth observations and IPCC projections of sea-level change, as well as impacts, for considerations into their work in different sectors; as well as any practitioners of sea-level observations or projections.

Course Dates: June 10 & 17, 2025

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Learn how to embed sustainability into the curriculum by joining (or registering for and watching the recording of) Campus+ free webinar on June 10th at 7am BST. Hear from Campus+ partner institutions in Australia, Singapore and China as they discuss how educators can equip students with the skills and knowledge to confront climate issues. Register today:

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Dear group members,
?I am happy to inform you that I am one of three finalists shortlisted for the European Sustainable Energy Awards 2025 in the Woman in Energy category.

?Please vote in the following link with one single click, no registration required: https://interactive.eusew.eu/awards/woman-in-energy/stella-tsani.

Please share with your network! Many thanks in advance for your support!

A few words about the award and the GY-Energy network nomination:
?‍?In a community that offers many technical and technological solutions for sustainable energy, I am happy to contribute with socio-economic research, training and educational innovations that engage people with the sustainability transition, making them ambassadors of change. This is particularly important for younger generations that are the most affected by the energy transition. The Generation Youth Energy (GY-Energy) network that I have initiated as part of my Energy and Resource Economics module taught at the Department of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens aims to raise awareness, representation and participation of students at all levels, in matters related to national, regional, European and global energy and resource management policies and developments. The network positions that the ongoing energy and sustainability transition cannot be met in the absence of youth involvement, tailored education and job opportunities.

The European Sustainable Energy Week is the biggest annual event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. The event brings together public authorities, industry, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives accelerating decarbonisation through green technologies and solutions towards a fair and just transition for people and competitive businesses.

For more information please visit:
https://sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu/news/greek-academic-drivin…

Kind regards,
Stella

In some good climate news, the world is setting records for solar installation! In 2024, 600 GW was installed globally, and 1 TW could be installed per year by 2030.

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Hi, Green Learning Network!

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On #EarthDay, take action for our planet & apply to our Mentorship program!

? Designed for youth between 14-20, 22 young people will get mentoring from #greenjob experts & implement their very own #SDG Micro-Project! Learn more: https://bankimooncentre.submit.com//show/24

Should you have questions, please reach out to [email protected].

A recent study has found that current research on higher education for sustainable development (HESD) focuses mostly on environmental and economic aspects, leaving the critically important social aspects of sustainability relatively unexplored.

Check out this interesting article on it and comment below to let us know what you think.

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