ACADEMIC OF UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, WITH VOICE AND VOTE, IN THIS ACTIVITY. 

THIS EVENT, UNDER THE ACTIVITIES OF POLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, COP 22, MARRAKECH, 2016,  IS THE ONLY ACADEMIC ACTIVITY IN WHICH ACADEMICS CAN DEVELOP THEIR VIEWS ON WHAT UNIVERSITIES MUST DO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES AND GROUPS DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES AND ATTENDING LECTURES AND VISIONS OF PERSONALITIES OF EXCELLENCE AND IMPORTANCE THAT HAS BEEN INVITED. 

THE WORLD IS AT A CROSSROAD AND WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF AS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY IN CARING OUR COMMON HOME AND THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE WITH RESPECT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY AS GLOBAL CITIZENS. BUT THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEIR CLOISTERS ARE THE NATURAL RESIDENCE OF INTELLECTUALS.  FOR THAT REASON THEY HAVE AN INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT CANNOT BE DELEGATED. 

IF YOU ARE AN ACADEMIC WHO HAD NO DECIDED TO COME TO THE SUMMIT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MARRAKECH, NOW YOU HAVE A REASON. YOU HAVE AN ACADEMIC FORUM TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS AND DISCUSS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES THE IMMEDIATE AND MEDIATE ACTIONS TO BE DEVELOPED IN UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE INFLUENCE.

IF YOU INSTEAD HAD DECIDED TO ATTEND (REPRESENTING YOUR INSTITUTION) THE ACTIVITIES OF COP 22, AS MERE OBSERVER, NOW YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND YOUR OPINION HAVE VALUE.