Campus Global Warming Commitments

"Never mind what you've heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is upon us." - Time Magazine

"Why doesn't every college make it a goal to become carbon-neutral - that is, reduce its net CO2 emissions to zero? This should be a national movement. After all, today's students will be profoundly affected by climate change, the coming energy wars and the rising danger of petro-authoritarian states, such as Iran." - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

In light of the growing popular interest in global warming and the critical need for campuses to take responsibility for their global warming pollution, AASHE is pleased to make available to the public this resource highlighting campuses that have made commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

This resource lists only campus global warming commitments with specific reduction goals and target dates for achieving them. As a result, campuses that have committed to climate neutrality by signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, but have not yet adopted a target date for climate neutrality are not listed here.

Campus commitments are listed (to the extent possible) in order of relative strength, with the strongest commitments listed first.

Please email additions, updates and suggestions for improving this resource to resources@aashe.org.

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