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

1230

Cop 29

11.11.2024

Institutions committed

558

Students represented

11,731,884

Days until Cop 29

25

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

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