Environmentally sustainable practices in global health research and higher education institutions: lessons from consultation with the TropEd Global Health institutions

Objective

To examine how global health institutions are reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from their own operations and analyze the facilitators and barriers to achieving decarbonization goals.

Methods

We reviewed the sustainability goals and implementation plans of 10 global health universities from the ʻTropEdʼ network. We systematically collected information from institutional websites and annual reports. Through online interviews, 11 key informants validated the information from 9 of the institutions and shared their opinions regarding what factors are helping their institutions decarbonize and what factors are hindering progress.

Results

4/10 institutions sampled have a sustainability strategy and implementation plan, only 3/10 have specific decarbonization goals, and 3/10 are reporting on progress. 5/10 institutions reported that they are determining emission reduction targets.

Conclusion

This paper identifies common success factors that facilitate decarbonization as well as common challenges and how they are being tackled, and recommends successful sustainability efforts to academic institutions.

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