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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

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CUPCC

Resolutio

n endorsed b

y Pre

s. Alex

ander &

Sustainabilit

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Alexander s

igns ACUPCC

Climate

Act

ion Plan dra

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release

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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

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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

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