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Climate Change Education in the Curricula of Technical and Classical Universities

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Universities and Climate Change

Part of the book series: Climate Change Management ((CCM))

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Climate change education is becoming an integral part of the education in study programs at universities in Latvia offering environmental education study programs. In this article, a comparison of approaches of climate change education in classical (University of Latvia) and technical (Riga Technical University) are discussed. Requirements of the labour market are the key factors influencing study content and study methods. Therefore, consultations with major stakeholders and with academics involved in environmental education (e.g. the Council of Environmental Education and Science), may be some of the main tools to implement new concepts.

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  1. Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

    Dagnija Blumberga

  2. University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

    Maris Klavins

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  1. Wissenschaften Hamburg, Forschungs- und Transferzentrum,, Hochschule für Angewandte, Lohbruegger Kirchstr. 65, Hamburg, 21033, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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Blumberga, D., Klavins, M. (2010). Climate Change Education in the Curricula of Technical and Classical Universities. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Universities and Climate Change. Climate Change Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_8

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