The Swedish National Union of Students on the climate crisis: Universities need to practise what they preach
According to the Swedish National Union of Students (SFS), all students need to be given the right tools to tackle sustainability issues in their future professional lives; sustainability must not be allowed to become an issue confined to certain subject areas. But students also want higher education institutions to practise what they preach. Among other things, a balance is needed between climate action and mobility, where digital communication and efficient transport can reduce emissions.
“If universities and colleges, which possess the scientifically grounded knowledge regarding the severity of the climate crisis, practise what they preach, then we students will learn that knowledge and action are in fact interconnected,” writes Rasmus Lindstedt, chair of the Swedish National Union of Students (SFS), and Melker Wargbaner, student representative on the Climate Network’s steering committee, in an opinion piece.