Ricardo Cézar Vieira da Silva Júnior, Arthur de Sá Ferreira, Patricia Maria Dusek, Patricia Bilotta, Desalegn Yayeh Ayal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Henri-Count Evans, Inga Grinfelde, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra, Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić, João Carlos Correia Leitão, Chunlan Li, Newton R. Matandirotya, Bethwel Mutai, Gustavo J. Nagy, Thierry Razanakoto, Jame Schaefer, Goran Trbic, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Sane Pashane Zuka, Charles Galdies, Adriana Consorte-McCrea, Francisco Platas, Mittul Vahanvati, Pedi Obani, Safwatun Nida, Lucas Gabriel Zanon, Mayara Régia Sousa de Melo, Renato da Costa dos Santos, Alison Glover, Roman Vakulchuk
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a very important role in disseminating scientific knowledge and good sustainability practices to face climate change. The goal of this chapter is to discuss the systematization of data and the reporting of the HEI’s efforts to promote the continuous improvement of their strategies for sustainability and adaptation and mitigation of climate change. In addition, this chapter also presents two initiatives of Brazilian HEIs: (i) systematization and storage of data on sustainability actions at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and (ii) creation of an online observatory to disseminate information about the Graduate Program in Local Development at Centro Universitário Augusto Motta (PPGDL/UNISUAM). These initiatives bring together the academy and society and open new opportunities for research aligned with the goals of the 2030 Agenda. The UFRJ is participating in the GreenMetric program in 2023, and the systematization of data on an institutional page is in progress, with forecast completion by January 2024. The PPGDL/UNISUAM is developing an institutional page (DL Observatory) dedicated to sharing and publicizing all its activities, including sustainability projects. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
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