Higher Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Global Perspectives and Pathways for Change

In this critically endangered world, universities cannot avoid the question as to how their mission and work relates to the SDGs, and as part of the solutions to this the climate crisis. Does their natural and traditional duty to conserve and transmit box them into a sub-section of Goal 4, or can they become a key force in the trans-sectoral and transdisciplinary effort urgently needed for survival and healthy adaptation? This collection seeks to answer this question in analysing the place and work of Higher Education in and beyond the SDGs period to 2030, but also more immediately as global warming indicators accelerate their rise. It draws upon contributions from both the global south and global north, including many esteemed researchers within the field of higher education.