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
Tufts UniversityYesYes
Truckee Meadows Community CollegeYes
Towson UniversityYesYes
Thomas Jefferson University-East Falls CampusYesYes
The Universities at Shady GroveYesYes
The Ohio State University - Columbus CampusYesYes
The New SchoolYesYes
The George Washington UniversityYesYes
The Community College of Baltimore CountyYesYes
The College of New JerseyYesYes
Temple UniversityYesYes
Syracuse UniversityYesYes
Swarthmore CollegeYesYes
SUNY OrangeYes
St. Philip's CollegeYesYes
Stockton UniversityYes
St. Mary's College of MarylandYesYes
Stetson UniversityYesYes
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and ForestryYesYes
State University of New York College at OswegoYesYes
State University of New York College at CortlandYesYes
State University of New York at Stony BrookYesYes
State University of New York at New PaltzYes
State University of New York at FredoniaYesYes
State University of New York at BuffaloYesYes
State University of New York at AlbanyYesYes
Springfield CollegeYesYes
Spelman CollegeYes
Southwestern UniversityYesYes
South Mountain Community CollegeYes
Southern Oregon UniversityYesYes
Southern New Hampshire UniversityYes
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleYes
Southern Connecticut State UniversityYesYes
Sonoma State UniversityYes
Smith CollegeYesYes
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaYesYes
Shoreline Community CollegeYesYes
Shippensburg UniversityYes
Shasta CollegeYes
Sewanee: The University of the SouthYesYes
Scripps CollegeYes
Scottsdale Community CollegeYesYes
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoYes
Santa Monica CollegeYesYes
Santa Fe Community CollegeYesYes
Santa Clara UniversityYesYes
San Jose State UniversityYes
San Francisco State UniversityYesYes
San Diego State UniversityYesYes