Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education

Ulisses M Azeiteiro is a Senior Professor and Coordinator of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Assets Unit from the Biology Department and Integrated Member/Senior Researcher of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at University of Aveiro in Portugal. His main interests are the impacts of climate change in the marine environment (biology and ecology of global change) and adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development (social and environmental sustainability and climate change). Professor Azeiteiro has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 200 publications, including books ( 20), book chapters ( 50), special issues of scientific journals and papers in refereed journals ( 75 ISI and 50 peer reviewed). Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 300 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.

Education for sustainability: Integrating Climate Change and Energy into Lifelong Learning Initiatives for Small Island Developing States.- Distance learning will enable climate refugees to avoid falling into the social risk trap.- Leaving No-one Behind: Improving Climate Change and Entrepreneurship Education in Sub-Saharan Africa through E-Learning and Innovative Governance Systems.- E-learning as tool to feed the world.- Online communities of practice empowering members to realize climate-smart agriculture in developing countries.