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The Change, the Challenge, the Responsibility
----The Responsibility of University Under the Climate Change
GUO Li 1,2, DING Sanqing1
1. School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province,
China, 221008
2. Xuzhou Institute of Technology, Electronic Engineering Department, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province,
China, 221008
Abstract: During 29 November-10 December, COP16 is a two-week UN summit where delegates will
continue to work towards an international climate deal which holed in Cancun. World leaders discussed
gather, save the earth, stop global warming the integrity of the action plan. But the national differences
remained significant, mainly because of climate change is not only the global environment problems,
but also human sustainable development. Facing climate change, what will we prepare for? Politicians is
in thinking, economists is in thinking, educators, is especially in thinking. Because the first element of
the development is person. In this context, thinking the responsibility of university is the proper
meaning of university mission.
Keywords: Climate change, the challenge, University responsibility, Think tank
1 Introduction
We know that global warming is tangible. As to this, the international community has reached some
common understandings through the negotiation, at the conference of environment and development of
the United Nations in 1992, the participating countries have signed " the climatic change frame
convention of the United Nations ", at the meeting of Kyoto of 1997, every contracting party has
reached" Kyoto Protocol ", these two regulatory treaties have offered the basic legal system frame for
solving the climatic change problem in the international community. The United Nations Climate
Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. It
encompassed the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties
serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of
both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the
AWG-LCA. But it is still difficult to built international climate system. Face to the Climate change,
scientists can help us find reasons of climate change; can also find some ways to combat climate change.
But how to do, this is not only in science and technology, but also involves the whole subject of
economy, politics, culture, the profound reform in the field of society. In the profound social
transformation, as the gather palace of knowledge, talent and technology, University plays an
irreplaceable role in decision-making consultation, talent cultivation, scientific and technological
innovation, culture guidance for climate change the theory and the practice exploration .
2 The New Challenges of the Universities from Climate Change
2.1 The new challenges of resource and technology
Today the survival of our species is threatened, because of Climate Change making excess utilization of
fishery resources and environment pollution. Human hand to be saving resources, develop the low
carbon economy, on the other hand, we should open up new resources, new materials and new
technology arises at the historic moment. Such as Gas Turbine-modular Helium Reactors (GT-MHRs)
couple high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) with the Brayton power conversion cycle to
produce electricity at high efficiency. This requires university in order to adapt to the new problems
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caused by climate change, as the frontier science and technology to study the new problems,
development of new technology, new material production.
2.2 The new challenges of the responsibility
Facing climate change, China undertake "common but differentiated responsibilities" .How to further
analysis international climate change treaty, how to make more rights of saying etc, these are all
universities as the base of philosophy must to be facing. With climate change and the development of
China's higher education, the university is crucial and responsible in social responsibility.
2.3 The new challenges of the talent cultivation
Facing climate change, university education to the student's influence is overall and deep; even affect
social trends in the future. University plays an important role that the students can form the correct for
the social service concept, cultivate excellent skills. Facing the new changes in the environment, the
university must adapt to domestic and international situation changes. Not only will give students'
professional skills and professional ability, what's more is to give students a comprehensive
self-perception and self development ability.
3 The Responsibility of University Under the Background of Climate Change
3.1 The Construction of think-tank with Chinese characteristics
The ability and level of our country think-tank is far from the needs of the national development strategy
and China's diplomatic work. The degree of the university major national policy formulation and the
quality of research achievements, weaker than some think-tanks in American. We should construct the
Chinese first-class think-tank with the theory construction, strategy research, public diplomacy and
policy recommendations. That means Chinese university must to be able to undertake social
responsibility. In the theoretical construction of university formed on "China school," in strategic
research on " Chinese ideology ", in social lead to " Chinese language ", in political Suggestions on
should has " Chinese scheme ", The university must have a response to climate change. There are four
"wheel" in the formation of Chinese school, Chinese ideology, Chinese language and Chinese scheme.
Chart1 The Relationship of the Four Aspects in the Chinese characteristics think-tank
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3.2 Developing high-tech research on climate change
China promotes climate change policy and action consistently. Efforts to slow climate change, insist on
saving energy and energy efficiency improvement simultaneously, and energetically develop green low
carbon energy. Universities take part in all of these. Especially Research University should be the
climate change as a high-tech development vital function. University in response to climate change
high-tech research includes the following aspects:
3.2.1 Development of new materials to respond to climate change
Breakthrough Progress Has Been Made in New Materials, such as: cable material, resource material,
energy material, new-type heat insulator, nanometer material, biological material.All of these should be
coordinate coexistence with environment In the preparation, use, abandoned until regeneration of
recycling the whole process.
3.2.2 To update the traditional technology
Ecological technology development based on the traditional technology of upgrading, can realize more
aspects of ecological effect. In these new technology research and development, the universities
scientific research institution and scientific research personnel have been and will also be more deeply
involved.
3.2.3 To introduce and popularize advanced foreign technology
In ecological technology development and utilization of foreign advanced technology to introduce and
popularize is also an indispensable way. There are open, free academic environment, a group of persons,
a good platform for carrying out international cooperation in University, which of these provide
convenient in international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, closely following
the international high-tech frontier dynamic, widely collecting global technical information and
resources.
3.3 The cultivation of high-quality talents with responsibility
Talent training is the prime function of university, talent cultivation is not only culture imparting
knowledge, professional skills, and more important is the personality. University moral education
process is a value guidance process. The problem of climate change has become the most serious
problems in the sustainable development. It is the duty that the university should strengthen the
ecological civilization education, establish and improve the ecological civilization education content and
education system, the cultivation of sense of responsibility of high-quality talents.
3.3.1 To establish college crisis consciousness
The seriousness of the problem of climate change and human development harmfulness loudly and
clearly instill to college students, so that they can more quickly than the public will ecological protection
social requirements of internalizes a moral self-consciousness, thereby in study and life consciously
practice
3.3.2 To establish college students sense of responsibility
As higher education of college students, they must possess than ordinary people more strong sense of
mission and sense of responsibility, more perceptive. They not only should become the ecological
civilization outlook of faithful practitioners, but also should become the ecological civilization outlook
of actively advocates.
3.3.3 To Train Responsibility Consciousness of Students
To cultivate college students actively participate in environmental protection activities. To put equal
denotation expanded to the relationship between man and nature field, let students see ethnocentrism
serious defect, and recognize that humans and other species have talent of value, shall be entitled to
receive the same care and attention.
3.4 University guiding the healthy development of the globalization
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It plays a special leading role in the healthy development of the globalization process. There are three
main functions in university: research, teaching and social services, which require the university to keep
a certain special culture. A good university must be advocating knowledge and understanding is itself is
the purpose of ideas. University's teaching features include help students to prepare for the future
contributing to society. University in research, teaching, and service in the field of core task will
promote the healthy development of the university in the globalization process. Facing the climate of
higher education development put forward questions the increasingly diversified demands, colleges
should in research, personnel exchange, combination education aspects promote international
cooperation, carries on knowledge and communication of information, realizes its social service benefit
maximization.
4 Conclusion
Climate change is a common challenge confronting the whole world, and demands the joint efforts of all
countries and the entire international community. China will work unremittingly for global sustainable
development with other countries and continuously make new contributions to the protection of the
climate system. The modern university is unlikely in the faint within the ivory tower entrenched, and
could not live in the lab. It must be open to face society, facing the world, facing climate change brings
us problems. University should be rooted in history development, the authenticity of the university
should is the time performance, is national performance, is spiritual expression. Chinese university
development penetration of the Chinese nation's character, China is a responsible nation; Chinese
university should be responsible to college.
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