Strengthening Climate Change in Urban Education Cities and Climate Change Academy (CCCA) Global Workshop

Publication language
English
Pages
66pp.
Date published
02 Jun 2011
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Education, Environment & climate, Urban
Organisations
United Nations University

The global workshop entitled, Strengthening climate change in urban
education: Cities and Climate Change Academy was held in Bonn, 1-2 June
2011, ahead of the ICLEI World Congress on cities and adaptation to climate
change 2011. It drew 34 participants representing planning universities from
around the world.


The objectives of the workshop were:
? To exchange experiences on how to strengthen education on climate
change and cities at university level;
? to reach a common understanding on how to develop generic course
material for the Cities and Climate Change Academy;
? to agree on priority topics for the development of initial courses;
? to agree on partnerships (including universities from the North and South) for
the development of selected courses, and
? to agree on a road map for 2011/2012.