Climateaction.cornell.edu Website Review

OUR PLAN TO REACH CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2035 THROUGH INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP, AND CAMPUS EXCELLENCE.. As of Fall 2016, Cornell University has provided a new report to guide future decision making on campus neutrality and energy decisions. Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035 - An*lysis of Solutions original CAP was developed in 2009 by Cornell faculty, students, and staff with funding from the state energy authority, NYSERDA. The plan is intended to enhance the university’s core mission of education, research, and outreach, while cutting net carbon emissions to zero by 2035. Since 2008, we have initiated broad actions to green our campus and have reduced gross emissions by more than 30%, and by nearly 50% since 1990. These collective actions are significant steps forward and have established Cornell as a national leader among IT'S IMPERATIVE. Here’s what the evidence is telling us: the climate of our planet is warming at an alarming rate and human activities are the cause. How to reverse this trend poses an immense challenge, and the imperative to change our course is here, now. As one of the world’s leading universities, Cornell University has a pivotal role to play. We have a responsibility both to reduce our contribution to climate change and to generate solutions to address the mounting impacts on our planet. WE MUST TAKE ACTION. For 150 years Cornellians have taken on the world’s issues as our direct challenges. We are committed to find new solutions to complex problems. What has kept Cornell at the forefront of the sustainability movement is our institution-wide commitment to focus our collective strengths in education, research, and public engagement toward one of humanity’s greatest challenges – climate change. We put this commitment into action every day, in ways large and small. WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS. We have made great progress, but to move ahead we need to change the way we do things. Early successes were achieved