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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.

Institution	Commitment	Date of Commitment
College of the Atlantic	climate neutrality, immediately¹	Oct. 2006
Middlebury College	8% below 1990 levels by 2012 on a per student basis and carbon neutrality by 2016	May 2004 and May 2007
Cornell University	7% below 1990 levels by 2008	Apr. 2001
Tufts University	7% below 1990 levels by 2012 and 4% below 1998-2001 baseline by 2006	Apr. 1999 and 2004
UC Berkeley	1990 levels by 2014	May 2007
Yale University	10% below 1990 levels by 2020	Oct. 2005
Williams College	10% below 1990-91 levels by 2020	Jan. 2007
University of British Columbia	25% below 2000 levels by 2010 (only for emissions from buildings; adjusted for growth)	2006
Bowdoin College	11% below 2002 levels by 2010¹	Jan. 2006
University of Oklahoma	4% below 1998-2001 baseline by 2006²	Jan. 2004
University of Iowa	4% below 1998-2001 baseline by 2006²	May 2004
University of Minnesota	4% below 1998-2001 baseline by 2006²	Dec. 2004
Michigan State University	6% below 1998-2001 baseline by 2010²	Nov. 2006
University of California System	2000 levels by 2010, 1990 levels by 2020, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050	Jan. 2006
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	10% below 2005 levels by 2015; 20% by 2030; 30% by 2040; 45% by 2045; 60% by 2050	June 2006

1 - Participant in the Maine Governor's Carbon Challenge.
2 - Member of the Chicago Climate Exchange.

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

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