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Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education-Introduction to a Special Issue

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  • Gemma Tejedor

    (Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech. Jordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo

    (Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech. Jordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Barcelona School of Informatics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC-BarcelonaTech, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Jordi Segalàs

    (Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech. Jordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

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Education for sustainable development (ESD) is essential for humanity to overcome the immense challenges it faces as a result of human actions on nature [...]

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  • Gemma Tejedor & Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo & Jordi Segalàs, 2022. "Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education-Introduction to a Special Issue," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-6, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:17:p:10530-:d:895962
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