Change the Climate: Assuring the Quality of Environmental Strategies in Latin-American Higher Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Change the Climate: Assuring the Quality of Environmental Strategies in Latin-American Higher Education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Population growth, increased prosperity and rapid urbanization are bringing global demand for natural resources to a point increasingly beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity. Together with climate change, those pressures are causing significant environmental degradation in many parts of the planet. Latin America is particularly vulnerable. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute urgent calls and drivers for higher education to be part of future generations of engaged citizens aware of their role in creating fair and healthy societies.The Change the Climate project addresses three main needs: environmental management at all levels of higher education activities, integration of environmental management with sustainability strategies and institutional quality management, and customized strategies for sustainability in education. The project’s main goal is to increase Latin-American University’s contribution to Sustainable Development, through the implementation of environmental systematic practices and quality processes in alignment with the UN SDGs, improving the management and operations of higher education institutions. The project will deliver tools and guides for environmental impact analysis and SDGs mapping in campus operations and educational activities. An environmental management system will be implemented in each partner university decreasing their environmental impact; sustainability awareness will be assessed thoughout the academic communities; strategies for sustainability in higher education will be developed for curricula improvement; and a common open online course on sustainability will be created in English, Spanish and Portuguese.The project’s impact will reach stakeholders beyond the project partnership at local, regional and national levels contributing to behavioural change for sustainable futures.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 943943 Eur

Project Coordinator

ISCTE – INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA & Country: PT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA
• UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL PACIFICO
• UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
• BENEMERITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE PUEBLA
• UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA.