The 2017–2022 Strategic Plan calls for an articulated alignment between the academic research outputs and activity and industry requirements for Caribbean socioeconomic development in the 21 st century. In addition, we have positioned ourselves as a Campus rooted in the Caribbean yet positioned to respond to global needs. In light of this, our centres of research, institutes and faculties have adopted a proactive stance to respond to the fundamental appeals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, while simultaneously forging links with government and leading industry experts and organisations, the latter marking out our contribution to the Jamaica National Development Goals. Mona Campus Alignment with the SDGs and the Jamaica National Development Goals The Mona Campus undertakings this year have been processed with the 17 stated SDGs in mind. While we have made contributions under all, we are especially proud of those that relate to Goals 13, 14 and 15, to combat climate change, conserve marine resources and promote viable ecosystems. We play a leading country role in Climate Studies through the work of Professor Michael Taylor and colleagues in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST). During 2018/2019, we contributed to a Special Report on Climate Change and Land that was published by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The four national goals that jointly strive to empower Jamaicans: (to achieve their fullest potential; to secure a cohesive and just society for all; to ensure economic prosperity; and to create a healthy environment, are indivisible from those we have attempted to achieve through access, knowledge brokering, policy research,
and expansion of curricula. The Mona Campus conducts and disseminates policy-oriented research that has assisted in the growth and development of the Jamaican economy during the year 2018/2019. Our Commitment to the Future Much more than a place of learning, a driver of multi- disciplinary scientific innovation, a workplace for our employees, a partner in Jamaican national development and one of the satellites of the regional University of the West Indies, to those who hold the reins of this institution as caretakers over a determinate period, the Mona Campus is an enshrined legacy of our society’s heritage. This is an enormous responsibility to carry out and one that we do with pride and commitment, attempting to not only preserve its majesty as a site, but to ensure that the Campus anticipates future technologies and the changing demands of future generations. By maximising our resources intelligently and with defined goals and setting out a clearly signposted road map for the years ahead, we will ensure that we continue to build on the firmest foundations laid down by past architects who were similarly entrusted, to create a sustainable future for this space, our University of choice.
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land. The UWI Mona contributors to the Report were Dr. Adrian Spence of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences; Dr. Donovan Campbell of the Department of Geography and Geology; Professor Noureddine Benkeblia of the Department of Life Sciences; and Professor Michael Taylor and Dr. Tannecia Stephenson of the Faculty of Science and Technology. The Report highlighted the effects of climate change on oceans and ice. Findings of the Report were also used to inform a special Summary for Policymakers.
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