Accelerating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia

Despite the fact that teaching and research on the SDGs important, and may deliverdecision-making tools for future oriented action and for a sustainable society, there is at present a need to strenghten and accelerate the initiatives from Asian higher education institutions in this key area. It is against this background that the Symposium “Accelerating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia” is organised  by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, the World Sustainable Development Research and Training Centre, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the University of Sciences of Malaysia (Universiti Sains Malaysia), in Penang, Malaysia in cooperation with a number of institutions active in this field.

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