Aiming for Climate Neutrality by 2040 New York University today
released its Climate Action Plan (CAP), a comprehensive approach
to reducing the University’s carbon footprint and enhancing its
overall sustainability. NYU’s CAP details the University’s
current greenhouse gas inventory, lays out specific and
effective projects to mitigate these emissions using current
fiscally sound technologies while maintaining NYU’s vital
teaching, learning, and research missions. The full report can
be found here. The development of NYU’s Climate Action Plan was
spurred on by the signing of two separate commitments to
mitigate climate change: Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC Climate
Challenge, which calls on NYU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by 30 percent by 2017, and the American College and University
Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), which commits NYU to
achieving climate neutrality by 2040. NYU has already made
significant progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions,
cutting them by 20% in just the past three