Walter Leal Filho is a senior professor and the head of the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and the chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited, or co-edited more than 800 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals.

• Innovative Outreach Teaching Models.- Universities and global transformative processes to tackle climate change.- Sustainability maturity an analysis of institutional development plans in Brazilian public universities.- Reporting progress to sustainability contributions of an interdisciplinary graduate program.

Walter Leal Filho is a senior professor and the head of the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and the chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited, or co-edited more than 800 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals.

• Innovative Outreach Teaching Models.- Universities and global transformative processes to tackle climate change.- Sustainability maturity an analysis of institutional development plans in Brazilian public universities.- Reporting progress to sustainability contributions of an interdisciplinary graduate program.