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7. The Role of the Third Sector and Universities: Meeting the Carbon Challenge

verfasst von : Nicola Lynch, Shan Rambukwella

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This chapter examines the influential role third sectors and universities play in meeting the low-carbon challenge. We examine the importance of these sectors to the UK economy but also the varied roles they play in creating awareness, educating, enabling, and collaborating with others to achieve lower carbon emissions. Environmental third sector organisations (TSOs) are said to influence behavioural changes of the public towards low-carbon initiatives, while they can also inform and influence policies and legislations. Universities, while similar to TSOs in terms of educating others on low-carbon issues, have a threefold role: they need to have a sustainable campus, they are change agents in educating others and have an important role in collaborating with industry and policymakers in meeting the low-carbon challenge.

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Titel: The Role of the Third Sector and Universities: Meeting the Carbon Challenge
verfasst von: Nicola Lynch
Shan Rambukwella
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Low Carbon Economy
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-56752-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-56753-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2_7

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