African Green Campus Initiative launched
University and college campuses that address climate challenge will better serve students and help create a thriving and ethical society, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said at the launch of the African Green Campus Initiative on Saturday. Nzimande said colleges and universities would help provide students with the know-how and skills needed to address climate change.
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Launching the initiative, which aims to promote climate change interventions at college and university campuses, Nzimande called on leaders of colleges and universities to sign the Climate Change Commitment Pledge, which would help build on the legacy of last year's COP17.
Africa, he said, had to take leadership in climate change as he believed the developed nations weren't doing enough to address this global problem.