Higher Education Alignment with the Climate Action in Mozambique: A Review of Research and Outreach University Functions
摘要
This study analyzes the alignment of higher education institutions’ research and outreach activities with Mozambique’s Climate Actions. More specifically, the article examines Goal 13 pertaining to Climate Action. A content analysis, using NVivo 12 software, of scientific reports and interviews with main key actors engaged in Climate Action projects was conducted. The assessment tool for the analysis was based on UN goal 13: Climate Action SDG and on Mozambique's indicators to the goal. Six universities from a total of twenty-one were selected, two in each Mozambique’s three (southern, central and northern) regions. The study reveals that universities are carrying out different research and outreach projects on Climate Action. However, more than 50% of these projects do not align with Mozambique’s Climate Action indicators and Climate Action targets not, even with local indicators. There is misalignment between UN SDG goal 13 indicators and local indicators reported in the activities carried out by Mozambican Higher Education Institutions.