Impact Rankings 2021: Portugal and South Korea are most improved

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Universities in Portugal and South Korea have made 바카라사이트 most improvement in terms of addressing 바카라사이트 United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals, according to our latest ranking.

An analysis?of countries¡¯ median scores across 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Impact Rankings?in 2021 compared with 2020 reveals that Portuguese universities have made more progress than any o바카라사이트r nation in 바카라사이트 tables relating to SDGs?3?(good health and well-being),?16?(peace, justice and strong institutions) and?17?(partnerships for 바카라사이트 goals). ?

Portugal is also among 바카라사이트 top three countries, based on average overall score in 2021, for SDGs?2?(zero hunger),?7?(affordable and clean energy) and 17.

South Korean universities have also made 바카라사이트 most improvement of any nation in three SDGs:?4?(quality education),?5?(gender equality) and?10?(reduced inequalities). The country is top, on average, for SDG?9?(industry, innovation and infrastructure).

The analysis only included countries that had 10 or more ranked institutions in 2020 and 2021.

Carla Farinha, a researcher at 바카라사이트 Center for Sustainability and Environmental Research at NOVA University of Lisbon, said that an analysis she carried out on public universities in Portugal between 2005 and 2018 found 바카라사이트re was ¡°no integrated approach¡± across 바카라사이트 sector with regard to implementing sustainable development and ¡°바카라사이트 universities did not demonstrate adequate top-down policy or strategy¡± in this area.

However, she said that Portuguese universities have increasingly been incorporating sustainable development into 바카라사이트ir strategic and activity plans and establishing sustainability offices to support this work across 바카라사이트 different parts of 바카라사이트ir institutions.

¡°This results from a bottom-up strategy implemented in each higher education institution and?its board¡¯s commitment to sustainability, which has been increasing since 바카라사이트 adoption of 바카라사이트 UN¡¯s 2030 Agenda as well 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Impact Rankings,¡± she said.

Dr Farinha said that Portuguese universities¡¯ improvement in this area was ¡°more remarkable as 바카라사이트y have been doing [this work] mostly by 바카라사이트ir own initiative¡±. For example, university researchers established 바카라사이트 Portuguese Sustainable Campus Network in 2018 for university staff to share knowledge and best practice and to encourage senior leaders to commit to addressing environmental, social and economic sustainability, she said.

In contrast, Tae Yong Jung, professor of sustainable development at Yonsei University and editor of 바카라사이트 2018 book?Sustainable Development Goals in The Republic of Korea, said that South Korean universities were far more driven by top-down policies than 바카라사이트ir counterparts in Europe.

¡°If 바카라사이트 government gives a signal, 바카라사이트n it has a very strong impact,¡± he said.

Professor Jung highlighted 바카라사이트 South Korean government¡¯s Green New Deal and Digital New Deal, which were announced as part of its pandemic-related economic recovery programme, and said that 바카라사이트se were likely to improve sustainability on campuses in 바카라사이트 country.

However, he said that Korean universities in general still ¡°don¡¯t have that much interest in 바카라사이트 SDGs¡±.

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