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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NameCarbon Commitment Climate CommitmentResilience CommitmentRace to Zero
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)Yes
Temple UniversityYesYes
TERI School of Advanced Studies (India)Yes
The Education Training Collective (United Kingdom)Yes
The George Washington UniversityYesYes
The London Institute of Banking & Finance (United Kingdom)Yes
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (United Kingdom)Yes
The University for Sustainability (United States)Yes
The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)Yes
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Thompson Rivers University (Canada)Yes
Tongji University (China)Yes
Toulouse INP - ENSAT (France)Yes
Truckee Meadows Community CollegeYes
Tufts UniversityYesYes
Umma University (Kenya)Yes
Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander (Colombia)Yes
UniLaSalle (France)Yes
Universal Institute of Professional Management (India)Yes
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)Yes
Universidad Biblica de las Americas (Puerto Rico)Yes
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)Yes
Universidad Católica de Ávila (Spain)Yes
Universidad de A Coruña (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)Yes
Universidad de Cádiz (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Chile (Chile)Yes
Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (Colombia)Yes
Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (Mexico)Yes
Universidad de Córdoba (Spain)Yes
Universidad de El Salvador (El Salvador)Yes
Universidad de Huelva (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Jaén (Spain)Yes
Universidad de La Frontera (Chile)Yes
Universidad de La Laguna (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)Yes
Universidad del Istmo (Panama)Yes
Universidad de Magallanes (Chile)Yes
Universidad de Morón (Argentina)Yes
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Navarra (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)Yes
Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)Yes
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO (Chile)Yes
Universidad Ean (Colombia)Yes
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)Yes
Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina – Unisul (Brazil)Yes
Universidad Libre (Colombia)Yes
UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN (UMCE) (Chile)Yes