Authors: Manuel Alméstar, Susana Sastre-Merino ( Technical University in Madrid)
Madrid. ISSN 2695-4427 Versión digital (pp. 63-70) DOI: 10.36852/2695-4427_2022_cfc.06
The city of Madrid suffers notable impacts related to climate change, affecting the health, economy, well-being and social equity of its inhabitants, especially in the districts most exposed to economic and social vulnerability. Several strategies to address this challenge are being designed and implemented in the city with a systemic, multi-stakeholder, adaptive and social cohesion approach. One of these strategies places schools and their environments as the epicentre of urban transformation, connecting with their neighbourhoods and thus enhancing their adaptive capacity and resilience.
This article presents the work of the Educational Programme for Climate Action “Ecología a pie de Barrio’’ (EapdB), a European project promoted by the EIT Climate-KIC and implemented in the districts of Usera and Villaverde. Through the case study, the potential of climate action education programmes as a vehicle for reflection and action towards the sustainable transformation of cities; the role of education in activating and facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration using the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model (QHIM), and as an element in reversing social inequalities, is presented. Keywords: Education, Collaboration, Climate change, Vulnerability, QHIM, Madrid
Acknowledgment: EapdB is promoted by the Innovation Center in Technology for Human Development at the Technical University of Madrid (itdUPM), The Democratic Society, Plataforma Nave Boetticher, Fundación Montemadrid, Instituto Mutante de Narrativas Ambientales, and EIT Climate-KIC, with the collaboration of a broad ecosystem of local, national, and European stakeholders.