The need for green metrics, or environmental metrics, stems from the growing awareness and urgency to address environmental issues. Green metrics help in quantifying the impact of human activities on the environment. This includes measuring carbon footprints, water usage, waste generation, and pollution levels. By providing tangible data, these metrics guide individuals, businesses, and governments in making more sustainable decisions. They highlight areas where environmental impact can be reduced. Also, green metrics are crucial for tracking progress towards environmental goals, such as those set by the Paris Agreement or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Against this backdrop and in order to facilitate a broad discussion on the contribution of universities towards sustainability, this book is being produced.

The book gathers inputs from universities and research organisations working on matters related to sustainable development and green metrics, in a variety of contexts. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives.Furthermore, the book intends to provide a fertile basis upon which universities may cooperate more closely in this key area. Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how green metrics may be incorporated as part of university programmes.

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**Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DTech, DL, DEd, DLitt) is a distinguished "Euro-Professor", holding professorial posts at Universities in Germany (Chair of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences), United Kingdom (Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University), Sweden (University of Uppsala) and Poland (Merito University). He has two main research interests. The first is in the field of sustainable development, where he holds a world record of publications. The second is climate change, to which he has been providing a key contribution to the literature, also including aspects of climate change and health. He is founding editor of the World Sustainability Series and the Climate Change Management Series, the leading peer-reviewed book series on sustainable development and climate change issues, respectively, with an excess of 100 books published to date.

Professor Riri Fitri Sari (Ir, MM, MSc, PhD) is an established academic in computer engineering and sustainability. She served as the Founding Chairperson of the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, where she led the development of a global platform for sustainability in higher education. A Professor at Universitas Indonesia and former Director of Information Technology, her interdisciplinary work connects ICT, artificial intelligence, and sustainability, contributing meaningfully to the international discourse on green universities. Prof. Sari has received international recognition, including Honorary Professorships from KazNARU (Kazakhstan), RUDN (Russia), and NPUST (Taiwan). Her research focuses on smart campuses, AI, and blockchain applications for the SDGs. She continues to contribute through keynote speeches and global academic collaborations. Laís Viera Trevisan is a Project Manager and Research Associate at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Her background is in Business, and her research interests are sustainability, technology and innovation for sustainable development, smart campuses, and education for sustainability.