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

1223

Cop 29

11.11.2024

Institutions committed

557

Students represented

11,676,158

Days until Cop 29

26

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

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