title: The urgent need for universities to comprehensively address global climate change across disciplines and programs.
abstract: I review the status of scientific, political, and moral problems of global climate change (GCC) and, based on lessons from environmental and sustainability programs in universities, demonstrate that universities have had a lethargic response to urgent needs to mitigate the problems. I explore reasons for the response, and conclude that there is an urgent need for comprehensive and wide-ranging change in universities to help mitigate GCC. My discussion is focused on those within universities as well as those in environmental professions regardless of their areas of specialization.
authors.affiliation: Studies in Community and Environment Program, Minot State University, Minot, ND 58707, USA. John.lemons@minotstateu.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemons
mesh_terms: D004782:Environmental Health / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014943:Global Health; D057232:Global Warming; D006281:Health Occupations; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012586:Science / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities