In-Person / Online

Why should we aim to empower our students to work and think globally, implementing strategies to end poverty, improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests?

This year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a synthesis report summarising the state of knowledge of climate change, its widespread impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The message is clear: the windows of opportunity for climate resilient development are narrowing and education has a role to play towards creating a more informed society in terms of consumption and lifestyle. This presentation will touch on specific points of the IPCC Report relating to the understanding of causality and impact, and how this can inform and educate responses focused on adaptation to climate change.

Join us to hear Professor Graciela Metternicht discuss the importance of learning design to teach sustainable development, and why and how we can meaningfully teach skills students can apply in their future professions, making a tangible difference to our world.

Graciela Metternicht is the Dean of Science at Western Sydney University. She is a Professor of Geography with over 25 years of experience in environmental management, sustainability and the science-policy interface. Her research interests are primarily in environmental geography, with a focus on geospatial technologies and their application in environmental management and policy (sustainable land management, terrestrial ecosystems) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Graciela is a Scientific and Technical Adviser on ecosystem restoration and sustainable land management for the Global Environment Facility (GEF); Chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Advisory Panel; member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management; member of Future Earth Global Land Program Scientific Steering Committee. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography at the Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

Date & time: Wednesday 25th October 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus, Peter Shergold Building, Level 9, Conference room 2 (PC-01.9.16) or Online via Zoom.

Registration for this hybrid event is essential.