Special Report: HE and Sustainability: The Gulf States
Universities and COP28
Countries and universities
Research
Receive email updates from UWN
Global newsletters Africa newsletters Other (other includes related events and webinars) Data will be processed according to our standard terms & conditions.
|
|
Universities in the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – are promoting their sustainability successes at the COP28 meeting in Dubai. It is part of a wider bid to climb the global rankings.
The private Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates, located in the oasis city with the same name, is leading the way on sustainable development among universities in the country through initiatives to boost quality education and global and national partnerships.
A new paper on education for sustainable development and global citizenship education in six Gulf states has found “universal challenges” to implementing sustainability, and called for an overhaul of the “imported” Western educational system. “The time is ripe for frank discussions,” it argues.
The University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is building an international reputation for sustainability, underpinned by introspective research that has studied – and worked to improve – the sustainability performance of students and staff. As a result, it has shot up the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.
