Join the Race to Zero before 11th November 2024

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Universities & Colleges of the world:

sign up to the Race to Zero,

a global initiative for a 

Zero Carbon World

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Powered by the UN Environment Programme, EAUC & Second Nature - Race to Zero is a global campaign to rally leadership and action in the education sector

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Together we can make an impact

 

“Every university and college should show leadership and sign up to the Race to Zero for Universities and Colleges” Alok Sharma, COP26 President

 

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Institutions involved

1227

Cop 29

11.11.2024

Institutions committed

558

Students represented

11,720,616

Days until Cop 29

9

We need you to commit now!

Why we need University and College support

Why join the Race to Zero

Why join the Race to Zero

Razan Al Mubarak, High-Level Climate Champion of UAE for COP28

How the education sector influences COP

How the education sector influences COP

Nigar Arpadarai, High-Level Climate Chamption of Azerbaijan for COP29

How it works

Pledge >

Pledge at head-of-organisation level to reach (net) zero GHGs as soon as possible, and by mid-century at the latest, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5C. Set an interim target to achieve in the next decade, which reflects maximum effort towards or beyond a fair share of the 50% global reduction in CO2 by 2030 identified in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C. You have one year after you sign to set your targets. 

Plan >

Within 12 months of joining explain what actions will be taken toward achieving both interim and longer-term pledges, especially in the short-to-medium term. You have one year after you sign to set your action plan. 

Refer to the full details on the refined criteria, and accompanying interpretation guide and language guide. It is expected that universities and colleges include scope 3 emissions as the same as businesses do. 

Proceed >

Take immediate action toward achieving (net) zero, consistent with delivering interim targets specified. You have one year after you sign to set your targets. 

The Race to Zero criteria is set by an Expert Peer Review Group, which comprises scientific and technical experts from around the world.

Publish >

Commit to report publicly both progress against interim and long-term targets, as well as the actions being taken, at least annually. You have one year after you sign to develop your annual report. 

Persuade >

The 5th P was introduced through the 2022 Criteria Consultation in recognition of the importance of aligning each actor’s influencing capacities with their net zero commitments. The Race to Zero campaign will prioritise, with its Partners, the implementation of ‘Persuade’, building on findings of the Pivot Point report launched on 21 September 2022.

Making an Impact

You

Decide it's time universities and colleges take action now.

Sign up and say that your institution wants to be zero carbon. Once signed you have up to one year to set your target and agree your action plan.

Tell us what actions your institution is already taking and what you plan to do next.

We

Show commitment - we will send you your Race to Zero certificate so you can show that your university or college is leading the way in the climate crisis.

Keep you updated with ideas and projects to reduce your carbon even further. 

Together

We all unite to represent the voice of universities and colleges to global governments.

We show global governments that there is a vital need for their support each year at COP to make every university & college zero carbon by 2030.

Current Signatories

Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra/IPC
Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras
Universidad Técnica Nacional
West Lothian College
Higher Colleges of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
Université du Québec à Montréal
Aalto University Student Union
Cardiff University
State University of Campinas - Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp Brazil
University of Bath
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Portsmouth
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Universidad de La Laguna
Universidad de La Frontera
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Polytechnique Montreal
Universidad Nacional de Ciencias Forestales
University of Helsinki
University Jaume I of Castello
CATIE
Edinburgh Napier University
O.P. Jindal Global University
Université de Sherbrooke
Bayero University Kano
Grenoble INP
Universidad de Cádiz
UniLaSalle
Mahidol University
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
University of Exeter
University of the Basque Country
Universidad de Morón
Concordia University
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
Royal Veterinary College
Emlyon Business School
Stockholm University
Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM)
University of Montreal
University of the West of England  Bristol
The University of Surrey
Cegep de Sherbrooke
Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier
Nelson & Colne College
Universidad Católica de Ávila
City College Norwich
Universidad Austral
The University of Nottingham
Karolinska Institutet
Université de Sousse
New City College
Universidad de Murcia
Universidad de Córdoba
Selkirk College
Universidad Veracruzana
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona
South Lanarkshire College
University of Mondragon
University of Kabul
Universidad José Antonio Páez
Universidad Biblica de las Americas
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Università degli Studi di Padova
Universidad de Valladolid
University of Cambridge
Girne American University
Aalto University
University of Genoa
Universidad de Magallanes
Royal Agricultural Univeristy
Politecnico di Torino
University of Turku
Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú
Shetland UHI
Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP)
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Almo Collegio Borromeo
Universidad de Navarra
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Worcester
University of Guadalajara
Universidad San Jorge