U California Riverside Adopts 'Climate Action & Adaptation Plan'
Approved at the end of 2025, the new plan provides a roadmap to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing climate resilience, and integrating climate justice and equity into campus operations and planning. It outlines 15 key actions with five of them taking immediate priority over the next three years.
North Carolina State U Launches Climate & Sustainability Academy Website
The new Climate and Sustainability Academy unites three existing initiatives, establishes formal partnerships with two university offices and coordinates synergistic efforts among more than 20+ established programs. The academy aims to amplify climate and sustainability work through collaboration, communication and innovation.
U Georgia Offers Staff Sustainability Leadership Program
A cohort of 14 university staff completed the institution's first-ever Sustainability Leadership Program, designed to grow leaders, build community, and create positive change. In the three-part program, participants learned about a range of sustainability issues and applied solutions underway at the institution, participated in leadership and change management training, and developed and implemented projects within their area of influence.
U Maryland Reaches Carbon Neutrality
The university's recent announcement of carbon neutrality says its strategy includes modernizing its campus district energy system, reducing its reliance on gasoline and diesel in its vehicle fleet, incorporating energy conservation measures into campus operations, and purchasing diversified, verified offset project credits.
