ACUPCC Publications
Implementation Guide
Academic Guidance Document
GHG Inventory Brief
Implementation Liaison Handbook
Leading Profound Change: A Resource for Presidents and Chancellors
Voluntary Carbon Offset Protocol
Implementation Guide (PDF)
The Implementation Guide is the “handbook” of the ACUPCC, providing more detail on the specific obligations in the Commitment, explaining technical issues related to implementation, and outlining key policies.
Implementation Guide Feedback Summary
Academic Guidance Document
Signatories to the ACUPCC have committed to take “actions to make climate neutrality and sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experiences for all students.” This guidance document, Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability, is intended to give high-level guidance to college and university decision-makers and key staff to clarify the intent of this element of the Commitment, and to provide some resources for signatories to create strategies for fulfilling this commitment. This document is designed to identify some of the best practices across higher education and to provide resources to assist signatories.
GHG Inventory Brief (PDF)
Brief summary of common greenhouse gas inventory tools and resources, discussing the merits and drawbacks of each in the campus context.
Implementation Liaison Handbook (PDF)
The Implementation Liaison Handbook was developed to provide detailed resources to assist schools with fulfilling the terms of the Commitment. The handbook is mailed to each institution’s designated Implementation Liaison.
Leading Profound Change: A Resource for Presidents & Chancellors (PDF)
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. It provides an overview of research on select approaches to leading transformational change and examples of successful strategies from ACUPCC campuses to help with the big-picture thinking needed to sustain enthusiasm and implement climate action plans over the long-term.
Click here to read the Executive Summary.
Voluntary Carbon Offset Protocol
The ACUPCC Voluntary Carbon Offset Protocol (the “Protocol”) project is a coordinated effort of the American academic community to develop a formal voluntary protocol to guide ACUPCC institutions and others through the process of evaluating and investing in the voluntary carbon offset market. This project is being developed by College of the Atlantic through its participation in the ACUPCC with coordination and support services provided by Second Nature. It is bringing together interested parties from the over 500 ACUPCC institutions, as well as experts in finance, policy, energy, land-use, climate science, and other relevant arenas.
