Actions for sustainable development and SDGs

The International Association of Universities (IAU) offers you a comprehensive set of Higher Education initiatives to achieve sustainable development. 
This global portal provides access to university actions and more developed around the world for Sustainable Development and the SDGs.

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  • name of university or organisation;
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We recommend to use short and general keywords and then narrow down the search. Please note that the portal search function might not recognize all keywords entered. Another option is to explore the actions by country, using the map below, or clicking directly on the SDG you wish you to find actions on the landing page here.

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TU Dublin Green Week 2025 (Latest update: )
Zenon Research Think Tank (Latest update: )
1000 Ocean Start-Ups Coalition (Latest update: )
2012-2014 ENPI SE500 “Waste Management” (Latest update: )
2022 EUA Annual Conference (Latest update: )
Action Tips SDG Compact Fellows (Latest update: )
Amani Kasarani Women Group (Latest update: )
Andalucia Ecocampus Network (Latest update: )
Banasthali Community Radio (Latest update: )
BENEFIT-REALISE Programme (Latest update: )
Benevolence Lights Up My Later Life (Latest update: )
Beyond Doom and Gloom: Climate Solutions (Latest update: )
Boosting Diabetes Prevention (Latest update: )
Botanical Garden University of Malaga (Latest update: )
Botswana Sustainability Week 2024 (Latest update: )
Canadian Homelessness Film Night (Latest update: )
Chair of African and Caribbean Studies (Latest update: )
Climate Action Plan - IUPUI (Latest update: )
Climate Action Planning Committee - IUPUI (Latest update: )
Climate of Changes (Latest update: )
Community Service Week 2023 - KFUEIT (Latest update: )
Earth Day 2022: April 22 (Latest update: )
Energy Management (Latest update: )
EngageSDG Project (Latest update: )
Environment for Development Policy Day 2024 (Latest update: )
Environmental Institute (Latest update: )
Erie-GAINS (Latest update: )
ESD Case Study Collection Ireland (Latest update: )
Funding for the SDGs Challenge (Latest update: )
GENDER-NET Plus (2017-2023) (Latest update: )
Global Crossings Project (Latest update: )
GLOBAL TOURISM PLASTICS INITIATIVE (Latest update: )
Green Campus (CUHK) (Latest update: )
Green Campus Initiative (Latest update: )
Green Stories Project (Latest update: )
Green Transport Initiatives (Latest update: )
HESI 2023 Webinars and Action Groups (Latest update: )
INRS Program for more equity (Latest update: )
Institute of Environment (IOE) (Latest update: )
Journal of Sustainable Development (Latest update: )
Lead Conference (Latest update: )
Learning Planet Festival 2025 (Latest update: )
Low Cost of Green Library Building (Latest update: )
One Ocean Week - University of Bergen (Latest update: )
One Ocean Week 2023 - University of Bergen (Latest update: )
Pakistan's first National Dialogue on SDGs (Latest update: )
Recycling Initiative (Latest update: )
Refugees Welcome Map (Latest update: )
Right to Food Week (Latest update: )
SD Initiatives by the University of Coimbra (Latest update: )
SDG Awareness Week (Latest update: )
SDG Learncast (Latest update: )
SDG Mapping Tool (Latest update: )
SDGs at IUPUI (Latest update: )
Siam University Thailand - SDG Actions (Latest update: )
Smart Land UTPL (Latest update: )
Social Sustainability (Latest update: )
Students for Global Sustainability (Latest update: )
Support groups for refugees fleeing war (Latest update: )
Surgery and Cancer Research Center - UCR (Latest update: )
Sustainability initiatives at USEK (Latest update: )
Sustainability Week (Latest update: )
Sustainable Purchasing at UPenn (Latest update: )
Sustainablity Education at WSU (Latest update: )
Swastayayan: A Commitment (Latest update: )
Telesalud project around digital health (Latest update: )
The HOCH-N project (Latest update: )
The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (Latest update: )
The Network of Protected Areas (RAP) (Latest update: )
The Social Innovation Lab at UM6P (Latest update: )
The Willum Warrain Gathering Place Project (Latest update: )
Training on the SDGs for the INRS community (Latest update: )
Tsukuba SDGs and Innovation on Social Media (Latest update: )
UC and its Path in Fighting Climate Change (Latest update: )
UCD in Conversation Series 2021/2022 (Latest update: )
UCR Science Month 2022 (Latest update: )
UdA Solidarity (Latest update: )
UNI for Change Initiative (Latest update: )
United Youth for Peace (Latest update: )
University Climate Network - NYU Abu Dhabi (Latest update: )
UOC eHealth Center (Latest update: )
UST-SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office (Latest update: )
Waste Generation and Resource Recovery (Latest update: )
Youth Climate Communications Toolkit (Latest update: )

International ESD/SDGs Center (Latest update: )
10th ASCAAD International Conference (Latest update: )
Alfa Programme (2011-2019) (Latest update: )
Amrita Center for Environmental Studies (Latest update: )
ANH Academy Week (Latest update: )
Cap-Net Online Courses (Latest update: )
Center for Research Lankester Garden (Latest update: )
Center for Social Sustainability - CSS (Latest update: )
Center for Sustainable Development Studies (Latest update: )
Center of Urban and Environmental Studies (Latest update: )
Centre for Development and the Environment (Latest update: )
Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) (Latest update: )
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (Latest update: )
CETYS Institute for Sustainablity Studies (Latest update: )
Charles University Environment Center (Latest update: )
Climate Action Plan - IUPUI (Latest update: )
Climate Action Planning Committee - IUPUI (Latest update: )
Cold Regions and Water Science Centre (Latest update: )
CultureForSDGs TOOLKIT (Latest update: )
Digital Library of UN DESA (Latest update: )
EngageSDG Project (Latest update: )
ENVICI Project (Latest update: )
Environmental Humanities Research Group (Latest update: )
Environmental Learning Research Centre (Latest update: )
Environmental Management Research Group (Latest update: )
ESD Case Study Collection Ireland (Latest update: )
ETA Programme (2017-2023) (Latest update: )
FLOWERED Project (2016-2019) (Latest update: )
Funding for the SDGs Challenge (Latest update: )
Future Cities Laboratory (Latest update: )
Gender portal/Podcast and resources (Latest update: )
German ESD competence centers (Latest update: )
Global Crossings Project (Latest update: )
Global Education Monitoring Report 2024/5 (Latest update: )
Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) (Latest update: )
Grants opportunity offered by Wellcome (Latest update: )
InBestSoil Research Project (Latest update: )
Institute of Science and Environment (Latest update: )
Irène Curie Program (Latest update: )
Marine Science Station (MSS) (Latest update: )
MOOC: Sustainability, Society and You (Latest update: )
National Centre of Competence in Research (Latest update: )
Natural Resources and Marine Sciences (Latest update: )
NEMOS Project (Latest update: )
New UC Research for Development Network (Latest update: )
Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) (Latest update: )
Ocean Resources and new Webpage UNFCCC (Latest update: )
Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) (Latest update: )
Renewable Energy Research Group (Latest update: )
Research and Consultancy Institute (Latest update: )
Research and Teaching for Climate Action (Latest update: )
Research Program for Sustainability (PISUS) (Latest update: )
SD Initiatives by the University of Coimbra (Latest update: )
SDG Learncast (Latest update: )
SDG Mapping project - Utrecht University (Latest update: )
SDGs at IUPUI (Latest update: )
SEAS Project (Latest update: )
SELINA Project (Latest update: )
Senatra Project (Latest update: )
Smart Urban Mobility (redeMOV) (Latest update: )
Strathmore Energy Research Centre (Latest update: )
Strathmore Energy Research Centre (SERC) (Latest update: )
Sustainability Research Unit (SRU) (Latest update: )
Sustainable Built Environment Research (Latest update: )
Sustainable Development Report 2023 - SDSN (Latest update: )
Sustainable Futures (Latest update: )
Sustainable Ocean Research Centre (Latest update: )
Sustainablity Education at WSU (Latest update: )
The CIRCLE programme (Latest update: )
The DECODE Project (Latest update: )
The GREEiNSECT research project (Latest update: )
The Habitable Air Project (Latest update: )
The Institute for Land, Water and Society (Latest update: )
The Network of Protected Areas (RAP) (Latest update: )
The Social Innovation Lab at UM6P (Latest update: )
The South Africa-Sweden University Forum (Latest update: )
The State of the Caribbean Climate Report (Latest update: )
The Sustainability Exchange (Latest update: )
The University Living Lab (Latest update: )
The Water Institute (Latest update: )
The Water Research Institute (IdRA) (Latest update: )
The working group Flying Faculties (Latest update: )
UAN Territorial School of Water (Latest update: )
UFU Research in the Araguari River Basin (Latest update: )
UiO: Energy and Environment (Latest update: )
UN Global Pulse/Innovations Lab (Latest update: )
UNESCO GEM/UIS SDG 4 Scorecard (Latest update: )
UniNEtZ: A joint partnership for the SDGs (Latest update: )
United Nations Academic Impact (Latest update: )
UNODC Global Report on Corruption in Sport (Latest update: )
UNODC Report on Corruption and Gender (Latest update: )
UVED map of HEIs and ecological transition (Latest update: )
Videos for ESD/Teaching from INN (Latest update: )
Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative (Latest update: )
Women Research and Resource Centre (WRRC) (Latest update: )

2030 Connect (Latest update: )
AASHE Sustainable Campus Index (Latest update: )
CETYS 2023 Sustainability Report (Latest update: )
Climate Action Plan - IUPUI (Latest update: )
Climate Action Roadmap - EAUC/ AOC (Latest update: )
Climate Ambition Summit 2020 (Latest update: )
CultureForSDGs TOOLKIT (Latest update: )
Digital Library of UN DESA (Latest update: )
EducoNetImpact tool (Latest update: )
Edustain WSA Navigator (Latest update: )
Green Metric World Universities Ranking (Latest update: )
Guide "Getting Started with the SDGs" (Latest update: )
Higher Education Database (Latest update: )
Ibero Green Campus (Latest update: )
IIITs Green Agenda (Latest update: )
Impact Assessment for Action Competence (Latest update: )
Institute of Environment (IOE) (Latest update: )
LiFE Index (Latest update: )
Maastricht Sustainability Institute (Latest update: )
Maritime Research & Consultation Center (Latest update: )
More Than Our Rank Initiative (Latest update: )
Online Workshop Fênix-Emborcação (Latest update: )
People & Planet University League (Latest update: )
Resources for Sustainable Development (Latest update: )
SDG Awareness Week (Latest update: )
SDG BADGES - IUPUI (Latest update: )
SDG Impact Assessment Tool (Latest update: )
SDG Learncast (Latest update: )
SDG office and activities at UNAM (Latest update: )
SDG Reporting - Resources GRI (Latest update: )
SDGs at IUPUI (Latest update: )
Sustainability at JMU Facilities Management (Latest update: )
Sustainability Science Centre (Latest update: )
Sustainable Infrastructure (Latest update: )
The Sustainability Literacy Test (Latest update: )
Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity (Latest update: )
UN SDG: Learn (Latest update: )
UNESCO GEM/UIS SDG 4 Scorecard (Latest update: )
United Nations SDG 15 – Life on Land (Latest update: )
UVED map of HEIs and ecological transition (Latest update: )
Videos for ESD/Teaching from INN (Latest update: )

ACU Equitable Research Partnerships Toolkit (Latest update: )
African Jobs Board (Latest update: )
Banksia Awards (Latest update: )
Cap-Net Online Courses (Latest update: )
Competence Center for Sustainability (Latest update: )
Corporate Social Responsibility Report (Latest update: )
DUT’s Innovation Hub (Latest update: )
Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) (Latest update: )
Education international Manifesto (Latest update: )
ESD Okayama Award 2022 (Latest update: )
Fifth Annual Global Learning Forum (Latest update: )
Gaidar Forum 2022 at RANEPA (Latest update: )
Gender equality plan (Latest update: )
Greening Universities Toolkit (Latest update: )
Indigenous Women's Speakers Series (Latest update: )
INTERACT-Africa (Latest update: )
Irène Curie Program (Latest update: )
ISCN Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards (Latest update: )
KA2-ALPRODE Project (Latest update: )
KelGreen Task Force and Volunteers (Latest update: )
Lead Conference (Latest update: )
LEAP Researchers (Latest update: )
Master on Planetary Health (Latest update: )
MOOC One Health in Practice (Latest update: )
MOOCs on SDGs (Latest update: )
north2north - UArctic (Latest update: )
Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on ESD (Latest update: )
Solar Initiatives (Latest update: )
Sophia University UN Weeks 2024 (Latest update: )
SUSEDI Project (Latest update: )
Sustain-Comp Website (Latest update: )
The 2015 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme (Latest update: )
THE COHORT 2040 CHALLENGE (Latest update: )
The Indigenous Cultural Competency Project (Latest update: )
The Sawasdee Thailand Summer Program 2025 (Latest update: )
Training on the SDGs for the INRS community (Latest update: )
UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 (Latest update: )
UN SDG: Learn (Latest update: )
UNECE Strategy on ESD (Latest update: )
UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures (Latest update: )
UNICA Green (Latest update: )
Universities for Poverty Alleviation (UPA) (Latest update: )
University Climate Network - NYU Abu Dhabi (Latest update: )
University of Ghana Launches Gender Policy (Latest update: )
UNU SDG–Universities Platform (Latest update: )
UOC Roadmap to reduce gender inequality (Latest update: )
WFUNA – ACTION CAMP 2025 (Latest update: )
World Trade Organisation Simulation (Latest update: )

SDG2 Advocacy Hub (Latest update: )
2024 Paris Peace Forum Spring Meeting (Latest update: )
2024 RUFORUM Conference (Latest update: )
After2030 Project (Latest update: )
Climate x Health initiative  (Latest update: )
COP16: Expectations and Reality Check (Latest update: )
Discover the UNESCO IESALC Campus (Latest update: )
Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Framework (Latest update: )
ERUA2 Project (Latest update: )
ESD:SuperVision 4.0 (Latest update: )
Green Gown Awards (Latest update: )
IAU HEDBIB Archives (Latest update: )
NBS Engrossed Project (Latest update: )
Ocean and Human Rights - Special report (Latest update: )
Playing for the Planet Initiative (Latest update: )
Publication Young People and Climate Action (Latest update: )
QS Future17 SDG Challenge Program (Latest update: )
SDG Synergies Tool (Latest update: )
SDG Week at the University of Manouba 2024 (Latest update: )
SDGs at Almaarefa University (Latest update: )
Self-SDG App (Latest update: )
Sustain-Comp Website (Latest update: )
Sustainability Academic Network (SUSAN) (Latest update: )
The Engaged University (Latest update: )
The Ocean Literacy Portal (Latest update: )
Unit of Research & Development (R&D) (Latest update: )
UNU Podcast: AI and Sustainability (Latest update: )
Vision for Sustainable Africa (Latest update: )

TU Dublin Green Week 2025 (Latest update: )
April is Sustainability Month 2022 (Latest update: )
BA (Hons) International Tourism Management (Latest update: )
Boosting Diabetes Prevention (Latest update: )
Cap-Net Online Courses (Latest update: )
Community Service Week 2023 - KFUEIT (Latest update: )
COP27 Simulation Model (Latest update: )
Duke Smart Home Program (Latest update: )
DUT’s Innovation Hub (Latest update: )
Equality Plan-CY Cergy University (Latest update: )
Green Campus (Latest update: )
Green Dragons: Student-Led Sustainability (Latest update: )
Green Leaders Training Program (Latest update: )
Green Office at Maastricht University (Latest update: )
HTW Sustainability Certificate (Latest update: )
Internal Climate Fund (Latest update: )
KEDGE Wellness Service (Latest update: )
KelGreen Task Force and Volunteers (Latest update: )
Laurier Campus Greens (Latest update: )
Mitacs Program - University of Regina (Latest update: )
MOOC One Health in Practice (Latest update: )
north2north - UArctic (Latest update: )
One Ocean Week 2023 - University of Bergen (Latest update: )
One Student One Laptop Initiative (Latest update: )
Portathon 2024 in Klaipéda, Lithuania (Latest update: )
Renewable Energy Labs (Latest update: )
SD Initiatives by the University of Coimbra (Latest update: )
SDG Learncast (Latest update: )
SDGs at IUPUI (Latest update: )
SDGs Info Center - AfricaConnect3 (Latest update: )
Self-SDG App (Latest update: )
Sensitive Society Student's Club (Latest update: )
Student Project Database - Tufts University (Latest update: )
Students for Global Sustainability (Latest update: )
Students Organizing for Sustainability (Latest update: )
Sulitest QUIZ (Latest update: )
Surgery and Cancer Research Center - UCR (Latest update: )
Sustainability Competencies (Latest update: )
Sustainability Week International (Latest update: )
Sustainability Weeks (Latest update: )
Sustainable Development Goals Toolkit (Latest update: )
The HKUST Sustainability Unit (Latest update: )
The Network of Protected Areas (RAP) (Latest update: )
UN SDG: Learn (Latest update: )
UNEP-ILO Green Job for Youth Pact (Latest update: )
UNICA Student Declaration 2021 (Latest update: )
UniNEtZ: A joint partnership for the SDGs (Latest update: )
United Nations SDG 15 – Life on Land (Latest update: )
University of Arizona Green Fund (Latest update: )
University of Exeter - Students' Green Unit (Latest update: )
Videos for ESD/Teaching from INN (Latest update: )
Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative (Latest update: )
Whole Earth? 2015 Exhibition (Latest update: )
Youth Programmes (Latest update: )

B-GREEN-ED Project (Latest update: )
Cap-Net Online Courses (Latest update: )
Center for Ecological Research Seminars (Latest update: )
Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) (Latest update: )
CoDesignS ESD Framework (Latest update: )
College of Sustainability (Latest update: )
Department of Environmental Science (Latest update: )
Design Thinking for Sustainability (Latest update: )
Digitalization of Waste Management (Latest update: )
Environmental Educator Initiative (EEI) (Latest update: )
Equality Plan-CY Cergy University (Latest update: )
ESD Open Education Resources (Latest update: )
ESD Resources Website (Latest update: )
ESDU - ESD in Catalan Universities (Latest update: )
EUSTEPs project (Latest update: )
Formation on Bioclimatic Architecture (Latest update: )
Gender Policy Training Program (Latest update: )
German ESD competence centers (Latest update: )
Global Summer School at Zhejiang University (Latest update: )
Green Science and Engineering (Latest update: )
Guidelines for Sustainability Education (Latest update: )
Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC) (Latest update: )
Industry 4.0 and Digital Entrepreneurship (Latest update: )
Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (Latest update: )
INTERACT-Africa (Latest update: )
Lasallista Solidarity Fund SOL (Latest update: )
Life Initiative (Latest update: )
MOOC Climate and Global Warming (Latest update: )
MOOC: Biodiversity (Latest update: )
MOOC: Renewable Energy (in French) (Latest update: )
New SDGs-in-the-Classroom Toolkit launches (Latest update: )
One Ocean Expedition (Latest update: )
Open2Sustain project (Latest update: )
Portathon 2024 in Klaipéda, Lithuania (Latest update: )
Poverty Eradication Strategies (SDG1) (Latest update: )
Project SUSTAIN (Latest update: )
Psychological First Aid Course (Latest update: )
Rethinking Higher Education Dialogue Series (Latest update: )
School of Environmental Science (Latest update: )
SD Initiatives by the University of Coimbra (Latest update: )
SDG Learncast (Latest update: )
SDG Mapping project - Utrecht University (Latest update: )
SDG Mapping Tool (Latest update: )
SDG Research and Teaching (Latest update: )
SDGs at IUPUI (Latest update: )
SDGs Info Center - AfricaConnect3 (Latest update: )
Social Inclusion and Exclusive Policies (Latest update: )
SOS Responsible Futures (Latest update: )
Sustainability Education Research (SER) (Latest update: )
Sustainable Development at UdeS (Latest update: )
Sustainable Systems Class (Latest update: )
Sustainable Tourism Development (Latest update: )
Sustainable University Work Group (Latest update: )
The Ecological Faculty (Latest update: )
The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator (Latest update: )
The Network of Protected Areas (RAP) (Latest update: )
The Sawasdee Thailand Summer Program 2025 (Latest update: )
The STOREM Project (Latest update: )
Think Tank Transition UGent (Latest update: )
UN SDG: Learn (Latest update: )
UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal (Latest update: )
UNESCO Documentary on Girls' Education (Latest update: )
Unesco UIS Statistics on SDGs (Latest update: )
United Nations SDG 15 – Life on Land (Latest update: )
UVED map of HEIs and ecological transition (Latest update: )
UVED MOOC L'Océan au cœur de l'Humanité (Latest update: )
VanitAgrata - women empowerment project (Latest update: )
Videos for ESD/Teaching from INN (Latest update: )
Women Research and Resource Centre (WRRC) (Latest update: )
Women's Development Centre (WDC) (Latest update: )

Carbon Footprint Reporting (Latest update: )
Center for Sustainability Solutions (Latest update: )
Center for Sustainable Development Studies (Latest update: )
Città Studi Campus Sostenibile (Latest update: )
Digitalization of Waste Management (Latest update: )
Duke Smart Home Program (Latest update: )
Green Campus KIIT (Latest update: )
Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) (Latest update: )
INNOFARM (Latest update: )
IULM Food Academy (Latest update: )
Live Green: Living Learning Communities (Latest update: )
Mahidol University Energy Management (Latest update: )
Maynooth Green Campus (Latest update: )
New UC Research for Development Network (Latest update: )
Office of Campus Sustainability (Latest update: )
P.A.R.I.S. Initiative (Latest update: )
Sustainability at Harvard (Latest update: )
Sustainability Research Unit (SRU) (Latest update: )
Sustainable Procurement (Latest update: )
The SDG Accord (Latest update: )
Tufts Green Labs Initiative (Latest update: )
UC Dublin's The Library of Things (Latest update: )
UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 (Latest update: )
UdA Solidarity (Latest update: )
UniPadova Plastic-Free Project (Latest update: )
Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative (Latest update: )
Water Conservation Program (Latest update: )

2022 CORNELL BUSINESS IMPACT SYMPOSIUM (Latest update: )
BlueFIN 22 (Latest update: )
Calcium Organic Battery Alliance (Latest update: )
Carbon Footprint Reporting (Latest update: )
Cornell Energy Connection (Latest update: )
Danish Center for Environment and Energy (Latest update: )
Design Thinking for Sustainability (Latest update: )
Environmental Policy Forum (EPF) (Latest update: )
Griffith Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (Latest update: )
HayKa Project (Latest update: )
Jordan Innovation Center (Latest update: )
Maritime Research & Consultation Center (Latest update: )
Mitacs Program - University of Regina (Latest update: )
SUSTrainable Project (Latest update: )
TEACH4SD Project (Latest update: )
UOC Social Business City Barcelona (Latest update: )
Water and Sanitation Project in Kenya (Latest update: )
Water Consumption And Rain Water Harvesting (Latest update: )