Universities as Exemplars of Climate Action

This chapter discusses the systematic role of universitiesUniversities in engaging with sustainable developmentSustainablesustainable development. Specifically, thisDevelopment chapter maps out the ways in which universitiesUniversities, as publicly significant large institutions, act to meaningfully address climate changeClimate change, particularly in terms of mitigating their own environmental impacts. This frequently occurs in contexts where action by governments on climate changeClimate change is either lacking or not sufficiently rapid to fit the timeframe for keeping global temperature rise under the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris AgreementParis Agreement.