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 CommitmentClimate CommitmentResilience CommitmentRace to Zero
Temple UniversityYesYes
The College of New JerseyYesYes
The Community College of Baltimore CountyYesYes
The George Washington UniversityYesYes
The New SchoolYesYes
The Ohio State University - Columbus CampusYesYes
The Universities at Shady GroveYesYes
Thomas Jefferson University-East Falls CampusYesYes
Towson UniversityYesYes
Tufts UniversityYesYes
Tulane UniversityYesYes
Unity Environmental UniversityYesYes
University of ArizonaYesYes
University of Arkansas Main CampusYesYes
University of California, BerkeleyYesYes
University of California, DavisYesYes
University of California, IrvineYesYes
University of California, Los AngelesYesYes
University of California, MercedYesYes
University of California, RiversideYesYes
University of California, San DiegoYesYes
University of California, San FranciscoYesYes
University of California, Santa BarbaraYesYes
University of California, Santa CruzYesYes
University of Central FloridaYesYes
University of ConnecticutYesYes
University of DenverYesYes
University of FloridaYesYes
University of Illinois at ChicagoYesYes
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignYesYes
University of LouisvilleYesYes
University of MaineYesYes
University of Maryland BaltimoreYesYes
University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceYesYes
University of Maryland College ParkYesYes
University of Maryland Eastern ShoreYesYes
University of Maryland Global CampusYesYes
University of Massachusetts AmherstYesYes
University of Massachusetts DartmouthYesYes
University of MinnesotaYesYes
University of Minnesota-CrookstonYesYes
University of Minnesota-DuluthYesYes
University of Minnesota-MorrisYesYes
University of Minnesota-RochesterYesYes
University of MississippiYesYes
University of Mount UnionYesYes
University of New EnglandYesYes
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillYesYes
University of North Carolina at CharlotteYesYes
University of Oklahoma Norman CampusYesYes