How do we, adult educators, scholars, activists, play, engage, inhabit ‘climate justice’ – its theory and practice? What roles can we play to mitigate and adapt to the dramatic, anticipated environmental changes? It’s a vast, complex landscape which requires collective insights, imagination, and action. Solving the climate crisis affects all aspects of society. Therefore, our own education as adult educators, scholars and activists is essential.

The Centre for Local Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg, the host of PASCAL Africa has published papers from 14th PASCAL International Conference held in Pretoria in 2017under the title, Learning for a Better Future - Perspectives on Higher Education, Cities, Business and Civil Society. The book, edited by Marius Venter and Suzanne Hattingh, provides perspectives on a range of subjects relevant to the role of learning in progressing towards a better , sustainable future across higher education, cities, business and civil society in a context of turbulent change.

With the adoption of the Yeonsu Declaration at the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), UNESCO learning cities from around the world pledged to place lifelong learning for health and the development of resilience at the centre of their agenda.

I would like to share with subscribers to PASCAL our reflections from the University of Catania on University Third Mission and Local Responsibility. Our paper was recently published on both the Global and the Africa editions of University World News at this link. We welcome your comments.

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