CUD’s Sustainability in Action

Canadian University Dubai’s (CUD) proactive approach to promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility is implemented through various eco-friendly initiatives and projects. The university is committed to research, with sustainability and climate change at the core of the mission to redefine the future. Sustainability principles are integrated into the academic curriculum, ensuring students are educated on the importance of environmental stewardship. CUD also collaborates with local organizations and participates in community events aimed at raising awareness about sustainability and climate change. Through these actions, CUD is cultivating a culture of sustainability within campus, adding value to the personal and professional lives of its graduates, and the communities it serves.

 

CUD Students & Alumni Champion Climate Solutions

Our students and alumni, the catalysts of the transformation for tomorrow’s solutions, are exceptional champions dedicated to shaping the future of climate solutions. Here are a few examples.

A Year’s Worth of Teamwork Pays Off | Students Bring an Innovative Car to Life | Driving the Future in Sustainable Urban Transportation

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CUD students build a Smart-bin to encourage recycling and lower bills

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Canadian University Dubai business students turn creative talents into new ventures

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Universities Climate Network

Canadian University Dubai is a partner of the Universities Climate Network (UCN), hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). UCN is a consortium of higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that are committed and united to empower youth collaborations in the international 28th Conference of Parties (COP28). At COP28, CUD will actively participate in dialogues and showcase contributions at the event.

 

From November 30th, 2023, to December 12th, 2023, the UAE will host COP28 at Expo City in Dubai, uniting nations across the globe in the quest for sustainable solutions. CUD is honoured to be a participating member of this network, aiming to positively contribute to some of the most significant sustainability challenges in our world.

CUD Ranks #1 in Dubai for the Sustainable Development Goal ‘Quality Education’

#1
Ranking university in Dubai for SDG ‘Quality Education’
(THE Impact Ranking, 2023)
#3
Ranking university in the UAE for SDG ‘Quality Education’
(THE Impact Ranking, 2023)

Quality Education: “Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.”

CUD, a Partner with UN PRME | Successfully Submitted its First Sustainability Report

CUD is a proud partner of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME), committed to sustainability, ethics, and social responsibility; aiming to empower a generation of change-makers. Together with UN PRME, CUD is shaping the future of business and management education.

CUD successfully submitted its first UN PRME report on Sustainability in the United Nations. This achievement marks a significant milestone in CUD’s commitment to sustainable practices. Speaking about the UN PRME report, CUD’s President & Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Karim Chelli said: “We will continue to contribute to the ongoing sustainable transformation in the dynamic city of Dubai, and globally, by working with PRME to advance innovative approaches to sustainable management in education.”

CUD Driving Sustainability Initiatives

Our students and alumni, the catalysts of the transformation for tomorrow’s solutions, are exceptional champions dedicated to shaping the future of climate solutions. Here are a few examples.

Global Climate Change Conference Opens at CUD

Canadian University Dubai partners with La Rochelle University

CUD Students Accompany Minister of Climate Change and Environment

Canadian University Dubai Partners with PepsiCo

Nobel Prize Winner Visits CUD | Dr. Adam French has Worked Extensively in Climate Change

Embracing Sustainability and Tourism | World Tourism Day at CUD

Upcoming Events

Ecology in Harmony

CUD is honoured to share that our very own faculty member and renowned pianist, Sanaz Sotoudeh, will collaborate with celebrated painter Sacha Jafri for 'Ecology in Harmony' on December 3rd at Al Wasl Dome, Expo City. This distinguished performance, part of COP28 and under the patronage of the Honourable Minister Steven Guilbeault, highlights a commitment to addressing climate change. Hosted by the Canadian Embassy UAE, it symbolizes a powerful union of art and advocacy for our planet's future.

 

CUD’s Research Focuses on Societal Impacts | Redefining the Future

CUD is committed to research, with sustainability and climate change at the core of the mission to redefine the future. CUD’s scholars and faculty are dedicated to pioneering innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. Here are few examples.

1. Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters.

Contu Davide, Kaya Ozgur, Kaya Ilker (2021) Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters. Energy Strategy Reviews 38, 100732 (SDG 13). Switching to energy mixes that use more non-fossil fuels is critical to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. Climate change poses a major challenge to oil exporting Gulf countries, like the rest of the world, but research on human views on energy and climate change is limited. We aim to fill this gap by focusing on the UAE, a nation with a peculiar demographic composition that includes an overwhelming proportion of expatriates and transitions towards green and nuclear resources.

2. Prioritizing climate change actions post COVID-19 amongst university students; a Q methodology perspective in the United Arab Emirates.

Takshe Aseel, Lovett Jon, Stenner Paul, Contu Davide, Weber Noelia (2022) Prioritizing climate change actions post COVID-19 amongst university students; a Q methodology perspective in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Global Warming 26(1) (SDG 3, 8, 9, 13, 17). The COVID-19 pandemic caused strict regulations to lower transmission rates. Industries were shut down, people were in lockdown, and travel was curtailed. Restrictions were in effect for an enough period for people's behaviour to change. For example, online meetings rather than needing to travel. This opens the possibility for alterations to the perception that it is possible to commit to effective climate change actions. A Q methodology study was conducted to analyse how 33 university environmental students across the United Arab Emirates perceive the importance of prioritising climate change actions post-pandemic. Statistical analysis yielded four discourses.

3. Green leadership and pro-environmental behavior: a moderated mediation model with rewards, self-efficacy and training.

Ahuja Jaya, Yadav Mohit, Sergio Rommel (2022) Green leadership and pro-environmental behavior: a moderated mediation model with rewards, self-efficacy and training. International Journal of Ethics and Systems (SDG 10, 16). The purpose of this study is to identify the association between environmental leadership (EL) and pro-environmental behaviour among the middle-level employees in iron and steel manufacturing companies. The study further emphasizes on mediation of the relationship by green rewards and green self-efficacy in EL and pro-environmental behaviour relationship, moderated by green training.

4. Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) – opportunities, threats, and the way forward

Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch, Wolfgang Amann, Radha Sharma, Fauzia Jabeen (2021) Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) – opportunities, threats, and the way forward (SDG 4, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17). Information Age Publishing, USA. This book, initiated and led by Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch, is authored by a range of international experts with a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives. These contributions provide valuable insights into how AI can aid in the implementation of PRME, the potential effects of AI on the field of business education, the type of curriculum which should be taught in business during the age of AI, and which skills are most essential for future success.

5. Political governance, corruption perceptions index, and national dynamic energy efficiency.

Lu Wen-Min, Kweh Qian Long, Nourani Mohammad, Lin Cheng-Yi (2021) Political governance, corruption perceptions index, and national dynamic energy efficiency. Journal of Cleaner Production 295, 216505 (SDG 7, 16). This study estimates national dynamic energy efficiency of 49 countries for the period of 2007–2016 by using a dynamic data envelopment analysis model and explores (i) the relationships between the CPI and national dynamic energy efficiency, (ii) political governance and CPI, (iii) political governance and dynamic energy efficiency, and (iv) the mediating role of the CPI on the association between political governance and national dynamic energy efficiency.

6. A review of the environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Alalawi Shaikha, Issa Sahar, Takshe Aseel, ElBarazi Iffat (2022) A review of the environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. Environmental Challenges 8, 100561 (SDG 3, 17). This paper reviews the environmental implications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic at the individual and community levels in the UAE. The positive effects emanating from the pandemic include improved air quality and reduced contamination of public spaces with pollutants. On the other hand, far-reaching negative effects include poor disposal of medical plastic waste and facemasks and the rise in unhygienic health practices amongst residents of UAE.

7. Investigating determinants of pro-environmental behaviors amongst UAE university students through Q-methodology

Takshe, A.A., Hennawi, M., Jebril, S. et al. Investigating determinants of pro-environmental behaviors amongst UAE university students through Q-methodology. Discov Sustain 4, 38 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00156-4

8. Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change

Alkhaldi, M., Moonesar, I.A., Issa, S.T., Ghach, W., Okasha, A., Albada, M., Chelli, S. and Takshe, A.A. (2023), "Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change", International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-04-2023-0040

9. Assessing climate change indicators in the United Arab Emirates

Kamkar, F., Khawatmi, L., Arif, A., Hamed, H., Issa, S. T., Khatib, R. E., Takshe, A.A. & Karkain, R. M. (2022). Assessing climate change indicators in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Global Warming, 26(3), 247-268. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2022.121226

The Media’s Spotlight

Canadian University Dubai retains #1 QS ranking for third consecutive year

Khaleej Times

Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has been named the number one ranked higher education institution in Dubai for the third consecutive year in the recent QS World University Rankings for 2024. The institution also remains Dubai's top university according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for 2023.

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Dubai students build solar-powered driverless car

The National News

Students at the Canadian University in Dubai have collaborated to develop a solar-powered driverless car that could be used for transport between its two campus buildings in City Walk.Undergraduate engineers worked in teams to develop the vehicle’s navigation system, power capacity and the bodywork and chassis to create a car completely fuelled by the sun's energy.

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World records hottest day ever: UAE-based experts explain how summers have been getting warmer

Khaleej Times

Dr Aseel Takshe, Head of Department/Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Canadian University Dubai says, “Several factors play a role in how hot the day is. The two most important are wind direction and the amount of cloud cover. Moreover, the hot weather is due to the El Niño weather event and ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide. The announcement came after the reading was the highest since readings started being documented.”

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Students in Dubai build smart bin to encourage recycling and lower bills

The National News

Three computer science students at Canadian University Dubai have created a smart bin to cut food waste by converting more of it into biogas, a source of renewable energy.The Digi-Bin was invented by Zahab Khan, 19, Prateek Mishra, 20, and Denver Dias, 19, all from India, to incentivise recycling by helping people to reduce their electricity bills.

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Canadian University Dubai team builds sustainable water transportation solution

Education UAE

The team of seventeen-year-olds, Danica Reyes and Jana Nozamy, and eighteen-year-olds Marwa Khaled and Somayya Khaled, joined forces just a few weeks into their degree programme at CUD to embark on the engineering design project. The challenge was to build a cost-effective and efficient wind-powered wheel, capable of lifting water between two levels without the use of electricity.

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Canadian University Dubai launches new centre to lead on sustainable development

Gulf News

Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has launched its new Innovation & Sustainability Centre with a raft of projects that aim to promote innovative approaches to sustainable economic growth. The new initiatives will support the university’s ambition to lead the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through higher education in the region.

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Canadian University Dubai Partners With La Rochelle University

Edarabia

Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with La Rochelle University (LRU) in France, to establish a new ranges of scientific, research, and teaching collaborations between the two institutions.

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Canadians celebrate 155th Canada Day in Dubai with focus on sustainability

Gulf News

Canadians celebrated the 155th Canada Day here at the Canadian University Dubai (CUD), with strong emphasis on sustainability, inclusiveness and respect for cultural diversity.

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Canadian University Dubai partners with PepsiCo to cut plastic waste through the Aquafina Water Stations

Gulf News

Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has partnered with global Foods and Beverages company, PepsiCo, to help promote environmental sustainability through the reduction of single-use plastic on campus. The collaboration aims to encourage a culture of refill and reuse through the Aquafina Water Station, a new hydration platform that has already saved an average of more than 1,800 bottles per week since installation.

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Canadian University Dubai business students turn creative talents into new ventures

Khaleej Times

Business students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) are turning their creative talents into entrepreneurial ventures with the launch of a variety of unique, self-made products at the university’s market day events. Challenged to develop and grow a new business concept, students have combined their academic knowledge with their extracurricular endeavours to unveil innovations across a range of products and services, from sustainable fashion wear to organic aromatherapy.

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