Carbon Neutral University - Sheffield

Sad to say The University of Sheffield dropped 23 places in the People and Planet university league table and only came 83rd.

They also failed to meet the national emissions reduction target for universities of a 43% reduction on 2005 levels.

We urgently need to see more action from the University to address this shortfall. Sustainability has to be a priority!

You can read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/06/uk-universities-failing-carbon-reduction-targets-emissions-fossil-fuel-divestment

Oh no! Do we need to change our name?

How do we make sure that 'carbon neutral' as a term isn't co-opted?

Answers in the comments please!

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Our sector can and must do better than this.

We are failing the students that come through our doors.

Time for all of us to step up.

Majority of universities in UK ‘not on track to meet emissions targets’ People and Planet’s annual sustainability league table finds patchy progress across sector

""To not educate students about climate change and sustainability is negligent and verges on denialism," he explained.

"We definitely need [the teaching of climate literacy] to be in legislation, it can't just be left to each individual institution that feels like it," McAulay continued.

"We are yet to see a united collaborative effort, freely sharing learnings and resources, between as many institutions as we need to build the critical mass to catalyse the necessary, transformative change."

Failure to teach net-zero architecture skills "is negligent and verges on denialism" says Anthropocene Architecture School founder Architecture schools must prioritise teaching students net-zero design skills to effectively prepare them for future work, says Anthropocene Architecture School founder Scott McAulay.

The city must drastically reduce the greenhouse gases it produces from an estimated 3.77 million tonnes-a-year now to almost nothing by 2030.

Sheffield's emissions reduction target 'extremely challenging' with just nine years to go Sheffield’s ‘net zero’ carbon emissions target is ‘hugely ambitious and extremely challenging’ - with just nine years to go.

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