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The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges

The historical agreement reached by 195 governments at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris on 12th December 2015, is a turning point in respect of global efforts to tackle climate change. The mandate to all countries in the world is clear: we need concerted efforts, action and investments towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future.

PASCAL Inclusion Workshop: Seniors as Lifelong Learners - barriers, strategies, outcomes, RMIT University, 30 November, 2015

The fourth PASCAL Inclusion Workshop on Seniors as Lifelong Learners was held in Melbourne on 30 November hosted by the RMIT EU Centre. The report of the workshop by Denise Reghenzani is featured below and attached.

IISD/ENB Video on “Compact of Mayors: the World's Largest Coalition on Local Climate Action and Towards SDGs/HABITAT3”

On Monday, 7 December 2015, a side event highlighting experiences and achievements of the compact of mayors; the world's largest coalition on local climate action was organized by Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).

Bristol Inclusion Workshop on Increasing the Wellbeing of all Citizens

The Bristol Learning City organised the third of the PASCAL Inclusion Workshops on the 12th November on the subject of Increasing the wellbeing of all citizens and communities in a city of contrasts. This followed PASCAL LEarning Cities Networks' Inclusion Workshops in Townsville and Glasgow.

Commonwealth Malta Declaration on Governance for Resilience

The Commonwealth Peoples Forum held in Malta on 23-26 November brought forward the views of civil society across a range of Commonwealth countries on building resilient societies. The Forum led to the Malta Declaration on Governance for Resilience featured below.

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