Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles.
Panellists at the Climate Action symposium.
Moving forward in its capacity as global leader in the mobilisation of research and advocacy for the achievement of a climate-smart world, appointed by the International Association of Universities (IAU), The UWI will continue to harness its global partnerships to strengthen the transfer of knowledge and have a greater influence on policy, industry practice and advocacy.
In her wrap-up at the end of the symposium, Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Director, University Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures at The UWI, pointed out, “To address climate change, it will, no doubt, require multilateral approaches…It will require multi-stakeholder approaches. It will entail multiplying and cascading the knowledge and skills that will enable the efficient channelling of those resources and the
effective execution of targeted inter-sectoral projects… It is our combined knowledge powerhouses and our joint action that will guide us to the development solutions our world so desperately needs. We must be very deliberate about this…we cannot expect this to happen organically or accept that mere lip service be paid to education, research and innovation; our present-day expenses are, in fact, critical investments in a more sustainable future.”
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