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The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)<\/a> is backing 22 universities from eight African countries to become green and enhance environmental practices within the framework of the Africa Green University and Youth Education Network – which was launched by the UNEP.<\/p>\n

The UNEP has launched several initiatives to support universities worldwide to become greener in order to save the planet. “Our approach is to see how universities can be petri-dishes to shift habits of students,” said\u00a0Sam Barratt, Head of the UNEP Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the UNEP also launched\u00a0UNEP’s Sustainable University Framework<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0which seeks to define what it means to be a sustainable university and lays out a pathway to becoming one, and the\u00a0Global Guidance for Education on Green Jobs<\/a>. These initiatives are designed to give the higher education community, employers and youth organizations the tools to prepare students to participate in a green transition.<\/p>\n

And in October 2021, UNEP worked with Times Higher Education to organize the inaugural\u00a0Climate Impact Forum at which Times Higher Education launched its new data-led report,\u00a0The Race to Net Zero<\/a>. It\u00a0presented<\/a>\u00a0how well higher education institutions across the globe are performing when it comes to reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to net zero. So far\u00a01,086\u00a0universities<\/a>\u00a0from 68 countries, representing over 10 million students, made\u00a0commitments to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n

With the support of the\u00a0TERI School of Advanced Studies<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0the UNEP talked to stakeholders who agreed that there is a need to establish an India Green University Network. The plan is for this network to be built up and officially launched in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In September 2020, UNEP launched\u00a0The Little Book of Green Nudges<\/a>\u00a0in 136\u00a0campuses around the world. It\u2019s a quick guide composed of\u00a040 nudges to spark sustainable behavior\u00a0among students and staff.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the UNEP and partners launched \u201cEarth School\u201d in April 2020 in response to school closures in the wake of the pandemic.\u00a0Earth School was built with educators and over 40 partners and shows what can happen when a big idea is run by many. It\u2019s the biggest online learning initiative in UNEP\u2019s history and is available for free on\u00a0TED-Ed\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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