Commitments

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Second Nature's Climate Leadership Network provides colleges and universities a framework to make public commitments to climate action. College and University presidents and chancellors make public, institutional commitments by signing onto one of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments, becoming Climate Leadership Network signatories.

  • Carbon Commitment:  Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality as soon as  possible.
  • Resilience Commitment:  Climate adaptation planning and community capacity building to respond to climate impacts.
  • Climate Commitment:  Integrates carbon neutrality with climate resilience and provides a comprehensive approach to mitigating and adapting to a changing climate.

All three commitments require publicly reporting progress, and creating and revising an action plan.

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Name Carbon CommitmentClimate CommitmentResilience CommitmentRace to Zero
University of York (United Kingdom)Yes
University Rovira I Virgili (Spain)Yes
University Twente (Netherlands)Yes
University West (Sweden)Yes
Ursinus CollegeYes
Utah State UniversityYesYes
Valencia CollegeYesYes
Vanier College (Canada)Yes
Vassar CollegeYesYes
Vatel Mauritius (Mauritius)Yes
Vermont Law SchoolYesYes
Victoria University (Australia)Yes
Villanova UniversityYesYes
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityYesYes
Virginia Wesleyan UniversityYesYes
Warren Wilson CollegeYesYes
Washington and Lee UniversityYesYes
Washington CollegeYes
Washington & Jefferson CollegeYesYes
Washtenaw Community CollegeYes
Weber State UniversityYesYes
Wells CollegeYesYes
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaYesYes
Western Colorado UniversityYesYes
Western Michigan UniversityYes
Western Technical CollegeYesYes
Western University
Western University (Canada)Yes
Whitman CollegeYes
Whitworth UniversityYes
William Rainey Harper CollegeYes
Wofford CollegeYes
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteYes
Worcester State UniversityYesYes
Xavier UniversityYesYes
Yeshiva UniversityYes
Zaragoza University (Spain)Yes
Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)Yes
Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)Yes