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ECU School of Business and Law helps Scholars take Action on Climate Change

Monday, 09 June 2025

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    Australia Award scholars taking part in the online training, facilitated by the SBL's Executive Education team.

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ECU School of Business and Law's Executive Education team recently ran an online Climate Literacy training for 30 Australia Awards scholars. The goal? To help them better understand climate change, the contribution of daily human activities and give them the tools to make a real difference.

In May 2025, 30 scholars from South Asia and Mongolia joined a 3-hour training session to discuss climate change and its impacts. With climate change gaining attention in many fields, scholars and academics are becoming increasingly interested in how they can help tackle this serious issue.

The Executive Education training helped them understand climate change science, climate justice, and actions they can take to reduce their footprint. They looked into ways they could cut emissions, shape policies, and raise awareness individually, at work, and in their communities.

To finish the training, each participant made a personal commitment to act on climate change in a way that felt meaningful to them. Whether it was an individual pledge to ride their bike to work instead of driving, work within their government agencies to affect policy or running their own climate literacy training for their university teams and communities.

ECU's course facilitator Nickey Ludkins explained why climate literacy is so important. "Through this training, our aim is to inspire people to take action to fight climate change in their own fields." she said.

The training also offered the scholars an opportunity to reflect on their own impact. As Bhutanese scholar Sherab put it, "This experience deepened my commitment to lowering my carbon footprint and contributing meaningfully to climate solutions in any way I can.”

This training is only the beginning. The scholars plan to include sustainable practices in their daily lives, jobs, and communities. By taking these steps, they join a global movement to move towards a greener, more sustainable future.

Want to hear more about their experiences? Check out their stories on the Australia Awards website.

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