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IAU 2019 International Conference
Transforming Higher Education for the Future
Session: Towards Sustainable Societies with higher education
Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy
Director, Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures
The University of the West Indies
• 1 University, 5 Campuses
• Serving 17 countries of the English speaking Caribbean.
• Approx. 50,000 students including 9000 graduates annually and more than 120,000 alumni
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Our Approach
Teaching
Partnerships
Research
Advocacy
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Teaching
• Over 40+ Postgraduate programmes in sustainable environmental management, with emphasis on Small Island States (SIS)
• A few examples:
Cave Hill-CERMES
• MSc in Natural Resource and Environmental Management
Mona- ISD
• PhD Sustainable Development
Open Campus
• Advanced Certificate in Leadership for Sustainable Development
St. Augustine
• MSc Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
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Research Clusters, Centres & Institutes
• Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD)• Centre for Policy Studies in Sustainable Development• Centre for Environmental Management (CEM)• Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (DRCC)
• Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
• Climate Studies Group, Mona Campus
• Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES)
• Institute for Gender & Development Studies (IGDS)
• Seismic Research Centre (SRC)
• Global Institute for Climate Smart and Resilience Studies (GICSRS)
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Science Diplomacy
• IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) – 2019
• IPCC Special Report on Global Warming – 2018
• ‘1.5 to Stay Alive’ Global Campaign
• Global Sustainable Development Report
• University Consortium of Small Island States (UCSIS)
• Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)- Caribbean
• Caribbean Climate-smart Accelerator
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Example: UWI supporting SDG Implementation in Jamaica
• SALISES developed a ‘Leaving No One Behind’ report to assess the extent to which marginalised groups in Jamaica will impact the achievement of the SDGs.
Achieving Inclusiveness
• 2018 Conference on “Sustainable Futures for the Caribbean: Critical Interventions and the 2030 Agenda”
Thought Leadership
• Developed Jamaica’s 1st Sustainable Development Goals Report.
• This report informed Jamaica’s VNR in 2018.
Applied Research
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Advocacy
• UWI-UNDP Think-tank on Public Policy for a Blue Economy
• UWI-UNDP SDG Youth Advocacy Campaign• Short video series “Youth Action on the SDGs”
• Photography competition “Through the eyes of Caribbean youth”
• Youth Forum on the SDGs
• Regional Conference on the SDGs 8
UN HLPF and Climate Summit Events
• July 2019
• UN Headquarters, NYC
• September 2019
• SUNY Global Center, NYC
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Partnerships
• SUNY-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development
• Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute (Brock University)
• Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development (UNIANDES)
• UWI-China Institute for Information Technology
• UNILAG-UWI Institute of African Diaspora Studies
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Partnerships
• Institute for Global Africa Affairs (University of Johannesburg)
• UWI-Coventry Institute for Industry-Academic Partnership
• Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development & Research
• Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC)
• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• International Association of Universities (IAU)
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Global University Consortium on SDG 13
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For more info
• ISD• http://www.uwi.edu/isd/
• CERMES• https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes/home.aspx
• Climate Studies Group• https://www.mona.uwi.edu/physics/csgm/home
• SALISES• http://www.uwi.edu/salises/
• IGDS• https://sta.uwi.edu/igds/
• SRC• http://uwiseismic.com/
• Global University Consortium on SDG 13• https://www.universities4climateaction.org/
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Dr. Stacy Richards-KennedyDirector, Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures
The University of the West Indies
Email: [email protected]
www.uwi.edu
www.uwi.edu/uod
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