Dear Colleagues,

New Open Access Paper: Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges

As you are aware, climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of modern times. And one where universities
may play a key role, both in respect of teaching, research as part of their "third mission". 

A team  of researchers from the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) https://esssr.eu, Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) https://www.haw-hamburg.de/ftz-nk/programme/iusdrp.html and International Climate Change Information and Research Programme (ICCIRP) https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iccirp/,has undertaken an investigation on the factors that may lead to a greater commitment of universities towards tackling climate change. The results of this work are presented in the article 
"Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges", which has just
been published as an open-access paper in the journal "Scientific Reports".
The article can be seen on-line here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45866-x and
the PDF  can be seen here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45866-x.pdf. 
In case of difficulties, please feel free to download a copy from IUSDRP´s website.
https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iusdrp/
(please scroll down and click on "sharing").

Incidentally, we are still accepting abstracts for the book  "Education for Climate Change: the role of education and training in
addressing  the challenges posed by a changing climate".

The book will be published by Springer Nature as part of the Climate Change Management Series https://www.springer.com/series/8740/books, which is Scopus-indexed and is the leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to climate change. Apart from 49 books published so far, some ground-breaking publications have been produced. The list includes the  Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1, the Handbook of Climate Change Resilience https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-93336-8, the African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6 (open access and over 300.000 downloads to date) and the "Handbook of Climate Change Management", which, with 6 volumes and over 500 authors, is one of the most comprehensive
non-publicly funded publications on climate change ever produced: https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5.

Expressions of interest to contribute to the book, initially consisting of a 200-word abstract describing the concept of the paper, and with the full details of the authors, should be sent to: [log in to unmask] The deadline for abstracts is 20th December 2023. The deadline for full papers is 20th March 2024. The details of the requirements for full papers will be shared with the selected authors. There are no publishing charges.

Rgds,
The ESSSR, IUSDRP and ICCIRP Teams  (please do not reply to this message, please send your abstract to: [log in to unmask])

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