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From Climate Literacy to Climate Policy: Interrogating a University’s Role as a Climate Change Thought Leader

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Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Part of the book series: Education for Sustainability ((EDFSU,volume 7))

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The impact of a university's activities has traditionally been assessed using metrics such as the number of publications by its researchers and citations of their work. However, such simple measures offer a limited understanding of a university’s true impact on society. Activities beyond research, including learning, teaching, operationalisation of research findings, and other outreach and engagement activities must also be taken into account to gain a more holistic understanding of a university’s effectiveness. This may be particularly so in relation to a university’s work on climate change: an area in which rapid action on the ground is needed both for adaptation and mitigation initiatives.

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  1. Climate Futures, School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 76, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia

    Gabi Mocatta & Rebecca Harris

  2. School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia

    Gabi Mocatta

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Mocatta, G., Harris, R. (2023). From Climate Literacy to Climate Policy: Interrogating a University’s Role as a Climate Change Thought Leader. In: Beasy, K., Smith, C., Watson, J. (eds) Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Education for Sustainability, vol 7. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5_15

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