Climate clash: navigating the dilemma between carbon-intensive study abroad and climate action
(2024) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20241LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
- Abstract
- Climate-focused study abroad relying on high-emitting travel poses a dilemma between study abroad and emission reductions. This study employs the three spheres of transformation investigating this dilemma through coding syllabi (n=156,) surveying educators (n=9,) and interviewing (n=14) Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE) affiliates considering whether studying climate change abroad is compatible with sustainability transformations for low carbon futures. All syllabi included factual knowledge about climate change, but few included feelings or action-based knowledge for engaging in climate action. I found climate educators negotiate the knowledge-to-action gap through account budget thinking and habituation,... (More)
- Climate-focused study abroad relying on high-emitting travel poses a dilemma between study abroad and emission reductions. This study employs the three spheres of transformation investigating this dilemma through coding syllabi (n=156,) surveying educators (n=9,) and interviewing (n=14) Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE) affiliates considering whether studying climate change abroad is compatible with sustainability transformations for low carbon futures. All syllabi included factual knowledge about climate change, but few included feelings or action-based knowledge for engaging in climate action. I found climate educators negotiate the knowledge-to-action gap through account budget thinking and habituation, prioritizing collective action over individual action. Interviews revealed how CANIE works as an agent of change disrupting business-as-usual practices and influencing the mindsets and behaviors of other institutions in support of emission reductions. My findings suggest educational reform should focus on how personal behaviors and attitudes can influence paradigmatic shifts for sustainable transformations. (Less)
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- author
- Roellke, Julia Q Greenberg LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MESM02 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- International climate education, education for transformation, knowledge to action gap, three spheres of transformation, sustainability science
- publication/series
- Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
- report number
- 2024:002
- language
- English
- id
- 9152386
- date added to LUP
- 2024-05-27 10:27:16
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- 2024-05-27 10:27:16
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