CAP Docs

Phil Segre's Lunch 'n Learn Talk

April 10, 2013

PSegre-LunchnLearn Talk 4/10/13

Draft Oxford Student Sustainability Questionnaire

March 2013

Oxford-CAP-Questionnaire

As part of Emory’s 175th anniversary celebration in 2011, the University adopted a Climate Action Plan that chronicles the University’s sustainability efforts to date and sets forth a series of goals and recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emission in the future. For the full text of the plan, click on the report.

The ACUPCC is an effort to make the U.S. Higher Education sector more sustainable, obtaining institutional commitments to “reduce and ultimately neutralize greenhouse gas emissions on campus” and “accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to restabilize the earth’s climate” (ACUPCC, 2007).

Over 650 colleges and universities have committed to being carbon neutral at some point in the future. Becoming a signatory to the ACUPCC requires implementation of the following:

Establishing an institutional structure to oversee the school’s ACUPCC.
Completing a GHG emissions inventory within one year.
Developing a climate neutrality action plan (i.e. CAP) – including a target date for climate neutrality and interim progress milestones – within two years.
Choosing at least two of seven action steps towards GHG reduction.
Implementing the work products of the CAP.
Integrating sustainability into the educational curriculum.
Making the CAP, GHG inventory, and progress reports publicly available.

Colleges and Universities in Georgia with Climate Action Plans on the ACUPPC website.

Institution Name									Greenhouse Gas Reports	Climate Action Plans (CAP)	Progress Reports

Agnes Scott College	Due 1/15/15 2012, 2009, 2008	2009	Due 1/15/14 2012
Berry College	Due 1/15/13 2010, 2008	2010	Due 1/15/14 2011
Clark Atlanta University	Due 1/15/15 2011, 2010	Due 1/15/14	Due 1/15/16
Gainesville State College	Due 1/15/12 2009	Due 5/15/10	Due 1/15/13
Georgia Institute of Technology	Due 1/15/13 2009, 2008	2009	Due 1/15/14 2012
Georgia Southern University	Due 1/15/13 2009	Due 1/15/14	Due 1/15/16
Interdenominational Theological Center	Due 1/15/12	Due 1/15/13	Due 1/15/15
Kennesaw State University	Due 1/15/13 2010, 2008	2010	Due 1/15/14 2012
LaGrange College	Due 1/15/13 2009, 2008	2009	Due 1/15/14 2012
Life University	Due 1/15/13 2010, 2008	2010	Due 1/15/14 2012
Morehouse College	Due 1/15/14 2010	Due 1/15/13	Due 1/15/15
Paine College	Due 1/15/13	Due 1/15/14	Due 1/15/16
Southern Polytechnic State University	Due 1/15/13 2010, 2008	Due 12/15/09*	Due 1/15/12
Spelman College	Due 1/15/14 2011, 2010, 2009	Due 1/15/13	Due 1/15/15
Valdosta State University	Due 1/15/13 2009, 2008	Due 9/15/12*	Due 1/15/14
Wesleyan College	Due 1/15/13 2010, 2008	2010	Due 1/15/14 2012