Higher education faces a dual crisis: an accelerating climate emergency and declining public trust. While there is a deep foundation for education and research addressing the climate crisis across academia, there remains an unmet demand to prepare graduates for the growing climate disaster and closely linked biodiversity, pollution, and inequality challenges that together pose existential threats to society. This session aims to provide a forum for discussion of how integrating climate solutions across academia can contribute to rebuilding institutional relevance.

We invite submissions describing leveraging the collective power of students, staff, and faculty to create social innovation and demonstrate the public value of college education. For example, the “Campus as a Living Laboratory” integrates fossil-free pathways into the core academic mission, giving students high-agency experience with climate solutions. We particularly welcome contributions highlighting scalable approaches that are breaking down silos and equipping graduates with durable skills for a climate-altered future

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