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Welcoming back international students while reducing emissions

With our borders open again, Aotearoa’s universities are looking forward to welcoming international students back to our country. Whilst the global pandemic has affected many lives, it also offers a unique chance to rethink how we engage with international education in sustainable ways.

Universities are working together to find solutions to climate change challenges in the international education sector.

“The pandemic taught us that we can change quickly if we are sufficiently motivated. The challenge will be to maintain our more sustainable practices as the world resumes meeting in person and travel abroad.”

The University of Canterbury has signed up to the Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE) Accord, which was launched online on 21 April.

Dr Pii-Tuulia Nikula from Eastern Institute of Technology and Ailsa Lamont, Director and Founder at Pomegranate Global in Melbourne, and others co-founded CANIE to help create a more ecologically and socially just world through informed action.

Berquist was an early supporter of the initiative and a contributor at the COP26 Climate Action Week International Education Leaders Forum in November 2021 where the CANIE Accord was developed. The CANIE vision is to strive for a carbon-neutral and climate-literate international education sector by 2030.

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