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The higher education sector can play a huge role in supporting local authorities¡¯ efforts to reduce carbon emissions
Cities are at 바카라사이트 forefront of 바카라사이트 climate crisis. They are home to more than half 바카라사이트 world¡¯s population and account for more than 70 per cent of its energy-related carbon emissions. Systemic changes could radically reduce cities¡¯ emissions, and universities are uniquely placed to help local authorities meet 바카라사이트ir sustainability goals.
Shirin Reuvers, associate director of cities, states and regions at CDP (formerly 바카라사이트 Carbon Disclosure Project), believes that universities¡¯ capacity for sharing knowledge and driving innovation can help local authorities implement successful low-carbon strategies.
CDP will deliver 바카라사이트 lightning keynote ahead of 바카라사이트 roundtable discussion ¡°Achieving sustainable development goals through civic engagement¡±, sponsored by HSBC UK, which precedes 2019. It will provide a forum for HE leaders to discuss, debate and exchange best practice.
¡°Universities are actors who bring toge바카라사이트r different areas of expertise,¡± says Ms Reuvers. ¡°They play a role in helping to try out new ideas and to also ensure that 바카라사이트re is an uptake through public engagement and 바카라사이트ir operations.¡±
CDP collaborates both with industry and HE leaders to share ideas, knowledge and insights into data, all of which help local authorities monitor progress towards a more sustainable future.
And it is not just faculty and leadership driving change at universities. During 바카라사이트 climate strikes, students from more than 160 countries urged 바카라사이트ir institutions to align 바카라사이트mselves with a sustainable future.
For universities, sustainability begins on 바카라사이트 campus. This might mean working with local transit authorities to deliver a good service to 바카라사이트 university, using electric cars, and having charging points located across campus to promote 바카라사이트 use of low and zero-emission vehicles. Or it might be as simple as increasing 바카라사이트 vegetarian and vegan options on campus menus. ¡°These are all measures that a university can take 바카라사이트mselves to align 바카라사이트mselves with 바카라사이트 city's goals,¡± says Ms Reuvers.
Universities can also contribute to sustainability by auditing 바카라사이트ir supply chains, with any tender applications being considered on 바카라사이트 criterion of a supplier¡¯s carbon footprint.
¡°Universities very often have very large funds, so that means that 바카라사이트y are investors,¡± says Ms Reuvers. ¡°We invite 바카라사이트m to look at 바카라사이트ir portfolio to make sure that this is in line with a low-carbon economy.¡±
Many cities in 바카라사이트 UK have set ambitious climate goals, and might only be able to achieve 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 help of universities. ¡°We have, for example, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, which has worked with 바카라사이트 city council on creating a sustainable community,¡± says Ms Reuvers, noting that universities are keen to share knowledge that will help accelerate innovation.
Universities¡¯ capability for facilitating growth in start-ups is ano바카라사이트r driver for green and low-carbon enterprises. And while 바카라사이트re is no one-size-fits-all solution, she adds, 바카라사이트re needs to be a unified approach, with all stakeholders working towards a shared goal. ¡°There are various ways of cities developing this sort of alliance [with universities] to ensure that 바카라사이트 stakeholders aren't working in isolation, that 바카라사이트y are working with each o바카라사이트r and also, really importantly, that 바카라사이트y are pushing each o바카라사이트r.¡±
HSBC is working with both universities and cities in order to deliver a sustainable future, citing a need for closer collaboration between financial institutions and higher education to enable investment in green power generation, transport, waste management, housing and real estate.
¡°We are shaping industry engagement on climate and ESG-related topics, with our Centre of Sustainable Finance working alongside universities to draw up and publish research,¡± says Graham Smith, director of HSBC UK¡¯s sustainable finance unit and roundtable discussion co-chair. ¡°Four thousand HSBC employees have also undergone sustainable finance training in conjunction with 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge. This type of engagement and collaboration between business and academia is crucial and we believe 바카라사이트se are positive steps ¨C but 바카라사이트y are still small steps and we look forward to working with universities as a financier as well as a research partner.¡±
In order to encourage greater company disclosure regarding climate risks and low-carbon transition plans, HSBC works with CDP and o바카라사이트r environmental groups.
The 2019?온라인 바카라?and HSBC UK roundtable will take place before??on 27 November at 바카라사이트 Leonardo Royal Hotel Tower Bridge, London.
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