WSSD-U-2016 Friday Sept 16 AM panel: The role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) in advancing sustainability in higher education.

1. Moderator: Peter Blaze Corcoran, Center for Environmental and Sustainability
Education, Florida Gulf Coast University
Panelists:
John Fernandez, Professor of Architecture and Director of the
Environmental Solutions Initiative, MIT
Monika MacDevette, Deputy Director of Environmental Policy
Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
Akpezi Ogbuigwe, Director International Collaboration Center, Rivers
State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria
Stephen Sterling, Prof of Sustainability Education, Plymouth University,
England
Keynote Panel :
The Role of Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] in
Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education
WSSD-U-2016

2. John E. Fernández,Director
MIT Environmental SolutionsInitiative
environmentalsolutions.mit.edu
fernande@mit.edu
MIT Environmental
Solutions Initiative
People and the Planet

3. 3
During the 20th century… good
and bad news
• Population increased 4x
• Affluence increased 20x
but…
• Material intensity is about 40% of what it was in
1900
Origins and Opportunities

4. 4
Cities account for 2/3 of
global energy and 3/4 of
carbon emissions
2005-2050
• City population is poised to double
• x3 increase in urban energy
• x3 increase in urban land area
Origins and Opportunities

5. 5
People and the planet:
a global inflection point
Origins and Opportunities

6. 6Origins and Opportunities

8. Cambridge, MA, USA
Urban Metabolism Group at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Prof. John Fernández
Lead Research Scientist
Phebe Dudek
Nourhan Magdy
Cape Town, South Africa
School of Public Leadership at
Stellenbosch University
Dr. Josephine Kaviti
Musango
Paul Currie
Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research
Lydia Cape
-independent- Paul Hoekman
South African Cities Network Geci Sebina
Sandiswa Tshaka
Gauteng Region, South Africa
Gauteng City Region
Observatory
Graeme Gotz
Department of Environmental
Affairs
Mapula Tshangela
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo University, Dept.
Architecture
Prof. Dr. Heba Khalil
Prof. Sahar Attia
Cairo University, Faculty of
Regional and Urban Planning
Prof. Abbas El Zafarany
Senior Advisor to the Ministry
of Environment
Hussein Abaza
African Urban Metabolism Network

10. 10
Environmental Solutions
Initiative
Mission: advance science,
engineering,policy,design,humanities,and arts
toward
a people-centric and
planet-positive future.

11. 11
Environment and Sustainability
Minor
for undergraduates
“Menset manus,”nowMind+Hand+Heart

12. 12
ESI research domains
Climate Science and Earth Systems
Cities and Infrastructure
Sustainable Society and Economy

13. 13
ESI Seed Grant
Climate, Cities, Culture
Will new limits on coal use in China reduce toxic air pollutants across Asia?
Professors Valerie J. Karplus (Sloan), Noelle Selin (IDSS)

14. Joseff Kolman
COP21 and beyond

15. 15
Environmental Solutions
Action Corps (ESAC)
Imagining a New Future

16. Thank You

17. Monika MacDevette
Deputy Director of Environmental
Policy Implementation, United Nations
Environment Programme, Kenya

18. Higher Education and
the Sustainable
Development Goals
UN Environment

19. UN Environment: An introduction
UN Environment is the leading authority on
environmental matters (General Assembly
Resolution 67/213 and Rio+20 outcome document
para. 88)
Its mission is to provide leadership and encourage
partnership in caring for the environment by
inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and
peoples to improve their quality of life without
compromising that of future generations.

20. Priority Areas
• Climate change
• Disasters and conflicts
• Ecosystem management
• Environmental governance
• Chemicals and waste
• Resource efficiency and sustainable
consumption and production
• Environment under review

23. The Sustainable
Development Goals
• 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• 17 Sustainable Development Goals, as a follow up to
the Millennium Development Goals
• Environmental dimension present in many of them
– SDG 4. Quality Education for All (Target 4.7 Education for
sustainable development).
– SDG 7. Affordable and clean energy
– SDG 11. Sustainable cities and communities
– SDG 12. Responsible consumption and production
– SDG 13. Climate action
– SDG 14. Life below water
– SDG 15. Life on land

24. UN Environment
Education and the SDGs

25. SDG 4. Education (1)
• Focus on Universities and Higher Education,
supporting the development of academic
curricula and the greening of campuses.
• UNEA-2 Resolution on Environmental Education:
Investing in human capacity for sustainable
development, through environmental education
and training (May 2016).
• Flagship initiative: Global Universities Partnership
on Environment & Sustainability (GUPES)
– Almost 800 universities worldwide, with a
strong presence in developing countries.

26. Statistics : 1 July 2016

27. SDG 4. Education (2)
• Support the Global Action Program (GAP) on
Education for Sustainable Development (PN-2),
following the UN Decade on ESD – SDG 4.
• Chair of the Higher Education Sustainability
Initiative (HESI) in 2016 – SDG 11.
HESI is a UN multi-stakeholder platform formed by UN-
DESA, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNESCO, UNU, and UN Global
Compact's Principles for Responsible Management
Education (PRME) initiative.
• Eye on Earth: Capacity Development Focal Area.

28. SDG 4. Education - UNEP (3)
• Education
– MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses
– Graduate curriculum sourcebooks
– Greening Universities Toolkit
• Training
– 10 annual training programmes
• Networking
– GUPES
– HESI: Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
– Kenya Green University Network

29. SDG 11 – Sustainable cities and
communities
• Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation
• Sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
– 10-Year Framework Programme on SCP
– Cities and Sustainable Lifestyles
• Communication and awareness raising
• UNEP & UN-Habitat Greener Cities Partnership
• HESI / UN-Habitat: Position paper on capacity paper
and the New Urban Agenda and Action Plan for
Universities (Habitat III Conference)

30. SDG 13 – Climate Action
• Climate change: Adaptation and mitigation
– Ecosystem-based Adaptation
• Greater attention on low-emission campuses
– Toolkit for Greening Universities
• Demand for education and training
– UNEP Sourcebook Graduate Curricular Ecosystem Based
Climate Change Adaptation
– Forests in a changing climate. REDD+ Graduate
Curriculum Sourcebook
– REDD+ Academy

31. Mainstreaming Environmental Education
through MOOCs/ E-Learning
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on
Marine Litter

32. Akpezi Ogbuigwe
Director International Collaboration
Center, Rivers State University of
Science and Technology, Nigeria

33. Life can be
so
Simple....
Apz©

34. ,
Stephen Sterling
Professor of Sustainability
Education, Plymouth University,
England