COP26 has long since finished, and world leaders have returned to their home countries, full of promises for a brighter future.
However, it will be the younger generation that will most keenly feel the measure of their success or failure. So what can higher education institutions do to prepare students for that future?
The term “sustainability” is seen as confusing and ambiguous; indeed, recent work at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) found that while a small group of students and staff had a good understanding of the issues, the bulk of participants had variable knowledge of the area and tended to focus on environmental issues at the cost of social and economic ones.
