Article from University World News - Dec 7th Edition THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The graduates leaving universities now are entering a very different world from that encountered by their forebears – even a decade or so ago. It is marked by uncertainty, complexity and rapid change, manifested through a bewildering array of global issues relating to economic instability, climate change, inequity, loss of biodiversity and migration, to name a few. In response to this problem nexus, the world – led by the United Nations family – is looking towards the ‘post-2015 agenda’ and specifically the intended adoption of a group of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, currently in draft. These concern areas such as poverty, food and energy security, inequality, consumption patterns, climate change, protection of ecosystems and so on. Yet, however desirable such goals are, and however wide the consensus around them that may emerge, the SDGs beg a critical question. How are they to be implemented and achieved? .... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, PLEASE GO TO universityworldnews/article.php?story=20141126162856455
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