The winners of the 2019 International Green Gown Awards were announced on 10th July 2019 at our host partner venue – the Institute of International Education (IIE) – in New York as part of the United Nations High Level Political Forum. The International Green Gown Awards celebrate the...
New York, 10 July 2019 – Today, networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work with students. The...
Institutional investors in the Republic of Korea have adopted a stewardship code to promote responsible investing. Adoption of the code is expected to strengthen shareholder activism and evaluation of financial firms’ actions that affect the environment, society, and governance. In the Republic of...
“We are in the midst of a climate crisis.” Why Global Citizens Should Care More than 600 governments have declared climate emergencies as a way to highlight the severity of climate change’s impact. The United Nations urges countries to rapidly transition to clean energy economies...
Sustainability: our sector’s current best chance of responding to the urgent demands of climate science – new report A cross-sector partnership advocating for a more urgent and more co-ordinated approach to sustainability in our universities and colleges is today reporting on the first year in use...
A massive, United Nations-backed report on biodiversity confirmed that humanity is “sleep-walking” toward a mass extinction of plants and animals. According to the analysis, 1 million species are threatened with extinction. Human actions, which have significantly damaged land and marine...
As the European Union’s economic prospects improve and leaders vow to accelerate growth, life on earth is dying out at an alarming rate. To deal with this unprecedented emergency, the EU must forge a new Sustainability and Wellbeing pact which focuses not on growth but on quality of life, tax...
We, at EAUC, are today declaring a Climate Emergency We are calling for all post-16 education institutions and support bodies in the UK and Ireland to declare a Climate Emergency and to commit to the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation to adopt as a minimum a 2050 net zero emissions...
Huge news! Perfect timing! UNESCO has approved and published its new 10-year plan: “SDG 4 – Education 2030: Part II, Education for Sustainable Development beyond 2019”. Full of insights, goals, learning competencies, and pathways, it offers guidance on best practices for...
The movement for regions and organizations to remain in the Paris Agreement has released their We Are Still In webinar! We appreciate your continued interest in the national and international climate landscapes of 2019, and were happy to share and discuss opportunities for institutional engagement...
At a meeting of the world’s top environmental body, ministers lay groundwork for a new model of development to protect planet’s degraded resources Ministers agree to tackle environmental crisis through innovation and sustainable consumption and production Delegates commit to significantly reduce...
Canada is, on average, experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with Northern Canada heating up at almost three times the global average, according to a new government report. The study — Canada’s Changing Climate Report (CCCR) — was commissioned by Environment and...