Moderating the Impact of Climate Change One University at a Time
Image
Region
Africa
Asia - Pacific
Europe
Latin & South America
North America
Topic
Ethics & Social Justice
Length
9 pages
Keywords
social labs
resiliency
climate change
scholarship
sustainability
Student Price
$0.00
Target Audience
Faculty/Researchers
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Executive Education
A sufficient response to the threats posed by climate change presents a leadership challenge proportional in scale with the urgency and complexity of wartime mobilization. The world’s 190 million students may be enlisted to respond to such threats through action-research focused on building resiliency. Concepts such as social labs, institutional empathy, and scholarship help reframe the mandates of universities as they respond to climate change, making them platforms for developing leaders and changemakers who will increase the resilience of communities and ecosystems.