American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment

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.

Register now for the Southwest Regional Collaborative Symposium. ACUPCC Regional Symposiums are not typical conferences – they are working sessions to foster collaboration among ACUPCC signatories who are facing similar challenges and opportunities in their regions. Bring your Climate Action Plan and your sustainability teams and come prepared to make significant headway in fulfilling the Commitment.

The Annual ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit offers a unique opportunity for senior leadership – including presidents and chancellors, provosts, and financial officers – from colleges and universities around the country to meet with one another and participate in a high-level dialogue about how to achieve the goals of the ACUPCC and promote sustainability on their campuses and throughout all of higher education.

This report (PDF), released in November 2011 and developed by the Higher Education Climate Adaptation Committee, evaluates how colleges and universities are preparing society for a changing climate through their education, research, operations, and community engagement activities.

Second Nature, working with topic experts, has developed a series of briefing papers focused on key issues related to higher education’s role in creating a sustainable society. These concise publications provide presidents, senior administrators, and anyone interested in campus sustainability with information, ideas, and practical steps to help them fulfill their commitment through the ACUPCC and achieve their sustainability goals.

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.