Colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to eliminate global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. We hope you will join us in supporting the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.
Signatories of the Presidents’ Climate Commitment are required to submit Implementation Profiles, Greenhouse Gas Reports, Climate Action Plans, and Progress Reports in the ACUPCC Reporting System.
Register now for the 2010 ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit, taking place on October 12-13 in Denver, Colorado following the AASHE Conference.
The members of the ACUPCC Steering Committee developed Leading Profound Change to support all ACUPCC presidents and chancellors in taking an active leadership role in the ongoing process of developing and implementing the climate action plan.
While the US government and the global community have been slow to address severe climate disruption, colleges and universities are stepping in to boldly slash their carbon emissions, research and develop new technologies, and prepare students to create a safer, clean energy economy. Read the news release or download the 2009 annual report (PDF).
Campus Green Builder is a free online portal, developed within Second Nature’s Advancing Green Building Initiative, that provides financial, technical and educational resources on campus green building.
Signatories to the ACUPCC have committed to take “actions to make climate neutrality and sustainability a part of the educational experience of all students.” Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability gives high-level guidance to college and university decision-makers and key staff, identifies some of the best practices across higher education, and provides resources for signatories to create strategies for fulfilling this commitment.
