Countdown to the IARU Global University Climate Forum workshop
The IARU GUCF2015 hosted by Sorbonne Universités will take place on 5 December, during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations (COP21). 100 students from over 30 universities from across the world will gather in Paris, the workshop will be a unique opportunity to share and learn about brilliant projects for sustainability on campus.
Students' project ideas span disciplines and methods: from app-based systems over reduced food waste in campus canteens to behavior-changing campaigns and retrofitting plans. Continuing with innovative financial solutions for greening students' and universities' investments before moving on to experiencing a sustainable lifestyle during 3 weeks. More about the projects will be disclosed in Paris in December – and with ample opportunity for networking and getting inspired.
Barthélémy Jobert, President of Paris-Sorbonne University, and Frances Beinecke, Associate Research Scholar at Yale University and former Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, will open the event followed by presentation of the student teams' projects.
The projects will be reviewed by peers and commentators including: Professor Daniel Kammen from University of California Berkeley, Maria Ivanova from the Center for Governance and Sustainability at UMass Boston and Zena Harris from the International Sustainable Campus Network.
After the workshop, work will continue on campus while the network will move online and keep in touch for the sake of addressing climate change.
Follow the event online with the hashtag #GUCF2015.