RIO CONFERENCE COORDINATOR HAILS ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMY
June 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO
The executive coordinator of this week's United Nations Rio de Janeiro conference on global sustainability has told University World News why she has placed higher education at the centre of the international strategy she hopes will flow from agreements made at the event. Speaking exclusively to University World News, Elizabeth Thompson said: "Education is transformative - we must build learning societies around the concept of sustainable development and get people to transition from the brown economy to the green economy. ...
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