Guide to Climate Action Planning on Campus

SCUP and the National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Project collaborate on a new guide for campus climate action planning:

The guide says that even though more than 550 colleges and universities are working toward emission-reduction targets, “actual greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise on most campuses.” Why? “Gains from energy efficiency and conservation have been outpaced by growth in student populations and new construction,” the guide says.

A comprehensive planning process that looks behind campus borders can help, says the guide, which looks not only at campus-infrastructure challenges but also at behavior changes, green-power purchases, and carbon offsets.