Join the Race to Zero before 10th November 2025

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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

1244

Cop 30

10.11.2025

Institutions committed

577

Students represented

11,822,108

Days until Cop 30

66

We need you to commit now!

Why we need University and College support

Nigar Arpadarai

Nigar Arpadarai

High-Level Climate Champion of Azerbaijan for COP29

Dan Ioschpe

Dan Ioschpe

High-Level Climate Champion of Brazil for COP30

How it works

Refer to this short video for an overview of the campaign criteria.  

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 >

Persuade, the 5th P of the Campaign was introduced in recognition of the importance of aligning each actor’s influencing capacities with their net zero commitments. Please refer to page 38 and 39 of the 5th P Handbook to learn more about the important role that education organisations can play in influencing wider society to achieve net zero. 

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

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