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.

race_to_zero_logo.jpg Race to Zero - Universities and Colleges - is a global campaign to rally leadership and action in the education sector and is supported by Second Nature, EAUC, and UNEP

 

NameCarbon CommitmentClimate CommitmentResilience CommitmentRace to Zero
Stetson UniversityYesYes
St. Mary's College of MarylandYesYes
Stockholm University (Sweden)Yes
St. Philip's CollegeYesYes
Strathmore University (Kenya)Yes
Swansea University (United Kingdom)Yes
Swarthmore CollegeYesYes
Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)Yes
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (Switzerland)Yes
Swiss Fedl. Inst. Aquatic Sci. Technol. (Eawag) (Switzerland)Yes
Syracuse UniversityYesYes
Tampere University (Finland)Yes
Technological University Dublin (Ireland)Yes
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)Yes
Temple UniversityYesYes
TERI School of Advanced Studies (India)Yes
The College of New JerseyYesYes
The Community College of Baltimore CountyYesYes
The Education Training Collective (United Kingdom)Yes
The George Washington UniversityYesYes
The London Institute of Banking & Finance (United Kingdom)Yes
The New SchoolYesYes
The Ohio State University - Columbus CampusYesYes
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (United Kingdom)Yes
The Universities at Shady GroveYesYes
The University for Sustainability (United States)Yes
The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)Yes
Thomas Jefferson University-East Falls CampusYesYes
Thompson Rivers University (Canada)Yes
Tongji University (China)Yes
Toulouse INP - ENSAT (France)Yes
Towson UniversityYesYes
Tufts UniversityYesYes
Tulane UniversityYesYes
Umma University (Kenya)Yes
Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander (Colombia)Yes
UniLaSalle (France)Yes
Unity Environmental UniversityYesYes
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