Abstract
Education has been traditionally considered as a means to promote and disseminate sustainable development through the reorientation of the curriculum towards sustainability at all levels of the educational system. Higher Education Institutions take a leading role in this process. However, they face several limitations, including their lack of training in the topic, which is complex and difficult to fit into disciplines to begin with. This paper presents the experience of the Working Group on Curricular Sustainability of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Murcia (Spain), carried out within the framework of a pilot project of teaching innovation whose objective was the incorporation of sustainability in the Degree in Economics. In doing so, a Sustainability Competency Map was drawn up and open educational resources that enable students to acquire these competencies were developed.
Highlights
IntroductionA 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic warming
According to the UN (See https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/2021-‘‘make-orbreak-year’’-climate-action, accessed on 30 July 2021, based in the report The State of the Global Climate 2020, by the World Metereological Organization), 2019 was the second hottest year ever recorded and marked the end of the hottest decade (2010–2019) ever recorded.A 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic warming
It is important to point out that many of these resources were tested in class by the lecturers involved in the working group and could be used in many of the subjects that make up the economics degree
Summary
A 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic warming. At present, countries are only willing to cut emissions by 1%. UN climate change experts are calling for immediate action and specific plans to address the emergency. Solving this problem, as well as other major social and economic challenges, involves mobilising large amounts of economic resources, and raising awareness and educating society as a whole in order to understand the implications for human life on the planet if this is not achieved. According to previous studies, awareness of sustainability is rather low in the teenage years [1] and young people enter higher education with little knowledge and concern for this issue, the important role of universities in training and raising awareness of Sustainable Development (SD)
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