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A Strategic Framework for Developing Interdisciplinary Minors on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy: The CLIMASP-Tempus Example

Authors : Vassilios Makrakis, Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis

Published in: Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Higher education plays a unique and critical role, one often underestimated and/or neglected in making a more sustainable society. This paper deals with the development of an interdisciplinary minor programme on climate change and sustainability policy across 10 universities in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. It is a European Commission funded programme led by the University of Crete, Greece. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues affecting all regions in the world and especially the Middle East and Mediterranean region which is the focus of this paper. The climate change topic should shift from a strict disciplinary orientation focused on natural sciences to a science, educational, economic and sociological orientation. The evolved CLIMASP initiative is designed to develop, implement and assess interdisciplinary minors that aspire to meet the needs of climate change education and sustainability policy.

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Title: A Strategic Framework for Developing Interdisciplinary Minors on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy: The CLIMASP-Tempus Example
Authors: Vassilios Makrakis
Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-09473-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-09474-8

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09474-8_8

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