ABSTRACT
In order to deal with climate change, countries must have the capacities to implement the necessary adequate policies and actions to battle this global challenge. The short-term, project-based initiatives of the status quo are inefficient and unacceptable as they fail to leave a sustainable system to take its place. This chapter highlights how universities are critical in developing countries, as they have the ability to implement long-term and sustainable capacity-building programmes. Rather than leave the reins of leadership to the government, where both government officials and government jobs are transferable, universities are stable, ensuring local ownership. In this chapter, universities are selected from the three case countries, Bangladesh, Uganda and Jamaica, in order to research their climate change education and research ability, and identify some of the gaps that need to be filled in order to ensure much-needed stability in capacity-building initiatives.
