csulb.edu/climateaction “we believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their...
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“We believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality”
– Climate Neutrality– Curriculum– Research
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Climate Action Milestones
2010 2011
2013
Oct 2014
Academ
ic Senate
reso
lutio
n to s
ign A
CUPCC
Resolutio
n endorsed b
y Pre
s. Alex
ander &
Sustainabilit
y Task
Forc
e is esta
blished
Pres.
Alexander s
igns ACUPCC
Climate
Act
ion Plan dra
fted &
release
d for s
take
holder feedback
Compre
hensive G
HG Inve
ntory
com
pleted
Dec 2014
GOAL: Subm
it final
CAP by e
nd of year
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CSULB Climate Action Plan (CAP)
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Sustainability Task Force (STF) & Subcommittees (current structure)
Sustainability Task Force
Curriculum
Research
GHG Inventory &
Climate Action
Planning
Operations
Commun-ications
Auxiliaries & Dining
Green IT
Purchasing
Transport-ation • ~ 25 member Task Force
• Currently 9 Subcommittees
• Faculty, staff & student leadership & participation
• GHG Inventory/CAP Subcommittee & CAP Authors:
• Reza Toossi • Wade Martin • Dean Toji• Paul Wingco • Holli Fajack• Several student
contributors
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CSULB’s GHG Emissions
How big is our carbon footprint anyway???
60,000 Metric Tons of CO2e
annually
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CSULB’s GHG Emissions Sources
Student Commuting
53%
Faculty and Staff Commut-
ing7%
Purchased Electricity
22%
Natural Gas Combustion
10%
Campus Operations 8%
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1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 20500
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
Year
Met
ric T
ons o
f CO
2e
Historic emissions If we just do what we’re already doing
What we can achieve if we follow the CAP
CSULB Historical GHG Emission Trends & Projections
Interim target ~30k MT CO2e by 2020
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2010 2020 20300
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
BAU ScenarioEnergy EfficiencyRenewable EnergyCapital ProjectsTransportationOperationsCAP Scenario
Met
ric T
ons
CO2e
Gap to be closed through other mitigation measures or offsets
Getting to Zero
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Funding Abatement Strategies
• ~ $63M Investment
• $6M Incentives/Cost Abatement
• $4M Annual Cost Avoidance
We must remember the costs associated with not acting
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What You Can Do
• Make climate neutrality & sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experiences for all students
• Expand research and creative activities to achieve climate neutrality
• Support our plan to accelerate GHG emissions reductions to get to zero by 2030
