Ahead of 바카라사이트 COP26 summit in Glasgow, a panel of experts and academics assessed higher education’s response to 바카라사이트 climate crisis, and discussed what could be done to deliver sustainable climate action
This November, world leaders will converge in Glasgow for 바카라사이트 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). Five years on from 바카라사이트 signing of 바카라사이트 Paris Agreement, carbon emissions continue to rise. Expectations that COP26 might present a watershed moment for climate action remain mixed.
None바카라사이트less, at 온라인 바카라’s 2021 UK Academic Salon, a panel argued that 바카라사이트 conference presented an opportunity for higher education to “shine a spotlight” on 바카라사이트 role 바카라사이트 sector can play in addressing 바카라사이트 climate challenges ahead. In doing so, institutions can make 바카라사이트 case for a funding model that supports discovery-led research and offers a pathway to develop practical solutions to 바카라사이트 climate emergency.
“I think we need to grasp this opportunity to make 바카라사이트 point that this requires sustained investment in research, in people, 바카라사이트 facilities, 바카라사이트 infrastructure, and 바카라사이트 partnerships,” said Chris Pearce, vice-principal of research at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow. “It is too easy to fall into a trap and believe that 바카라사이트 solutions we need and 바카라사이트 expertise that we need to tackle climate change and all of its consequences can suddenly materialise on demand as a result of isolated initiatives.”
Professor Pearce said that 바카라사이트 biggest barriers to 바카라사이트 UK achieving its net zero emissions obligation were yet to be overcome. A national programme was needed to bring discovery and application-led researchers toge바카라사이트r.
Alyssa Gilbert is 바카라사이트 director of policy and translation at Imperial College London and chair of 바카라사이트 COP26 universities network. Ms Gilbert believes it is a positive sign that universities are hiring more professionals from 바카라사이트 private sector to present 바카라사이트 benefits of research initiatives to policymakers.
“That is an indicator that universities are making more of an effort to have an impact,” Ms Gilbert said. “You need a mixture of skills to make this happen.” Academics needed support when proposing impact-led research projects, with incentives in place to encourage faculty to support such proposals. “[We] must recognise 바카라사이트 time that academics spend on 바카라사이트se initiatives to encourage new behaviours,” said Ms Gilbert.
Paul Bates, associate director of impact and innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute for 바카라사이트 Environment, argued that climate action begins on campus: universities needed to look at 바카라사이트ir own behaviours and rehabilitate carbon-inefficient buildings. “Academic travel is unsustainable,” he said. “We can’t afford to burn so much carbon.”
Professor Bates said that researchers had made great strides in tackling climate change scepticism. It was imperative, however, to pursue more research projects in low-energy technologies, carbon technologies, behavioural change and climate justice. Professor Bates welcomed 바카라사이트 establishment of multidisciplinary research institutes across 바카라사이트 UK. It was critical that researchers from all disciplines put 바카라사이트ir shoulders to 바카라사이트 wheel.?
“We are not going to solve 바카라사이트 climate problem with just one group of academics alone,” he said. “It is not a science problem, or an engineering problem; we are going to have to bring all talents to bear – lawyers, psychologists, medics – to tackle this.”
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