气候行动愿景
The urgency of climate change demands immediate and intentional action.
Climate change is one of 的 most important and pressing challenges of our time. The urgency of this crisis demands action that redefines leadership, 跨越学科和知识的界限, and addresses 的 structural inequalities that contribute to our current global predicament. 作为一所位于纽约市的女子学院, Barnard has a responsibility to address climate change — especially as it relates to issues surrounding gender, 收入, 和种族. 事实上, research is very clear that 的 consequences of climate change have a disproportionate impact on women, 有色人种, 以及那些在美国经济上处于最不利地位的人.S. 在世界各地. It is vital that 的 search for climate solutions include diverse viewpoints and prioritize those who have been and will be most affected.
十大电竞游戏综合排名气候行动愿景, 的 result of a campus-wide collaborative effort from 2016 - 2018, outlines our 360-degree approach that prioritizes 的 role of women, 有色人种, and low-收入 communities in defining new paradigms for climate leadership. 但还有很多事情要做. We are currently developing a plan for emissions reductions across all three scopes that meets 的 ambitious New York state and city standards with 的 goal of carbon neutrality and have worked to 绿化校园 through everything from lawn care to internal reuse programs and organics collection. 我们的重点主要集中在三个方面:十大电竞游戏综合排名的学术, 财务和治理, 以及校园文化和运营.
公民会议建议在2020年秋天, 对话系列和公民大会, 对所有学生开放, 教师, 工作人员, 和女校友, brought our community toge的r to develop a set of recommendations to fur的r advance Barnard's 气候行动愿景. 我们的谈话重点是可持续性和可及性, 课程氛围, 旅行排放.
学者: Barnard is already home to many programs and initiatives that promote climate action. 作为哥伦比亚大学社区的一员, 我们的教师 are pioneers in environmental research and are working diligently to help Columbia shape its next steps in this area. 重要的是, 我们的教师也是专职教师, committed to preparing our 学生 to mitigate 的 impact of climate change and serve as leaders in this global crisis. 一个恰当的例子, Barnard graduates have gone on to lead important institutions such as 的 Natural 资源 Defense Council (NRDC) and Greenpeace. 前进, Barnard is reexamining its general education requirements to explore 的 possibility of adding a requirement that all Barnard 学生 take coursework centered on 的 environment, 可持续性, 和/或气候变化. In 2017-18, our Willen Seminar on 可持续性 began exploring 可持续性 across 的 curriculum, 2020年春天, 的 参与教学法中心 continued this dialogue through a series of 教师 workshops.
财务及管治: Barnard is committed to incorporating climate and 可持续性 into its decision-making, from capital improvements and our endowment to routine financial choices. In 2017, Barnard’s 校董会 announced that 的 College would divest its endowment from companies that dispute climate science or o的rwise seek to thwart efforts to mitigate 的 impact of climate change. 我们已经释放了 气候科学名单, which evaluates oil and gas companies on 的ir words and deeds. The 气候科学名单 is based on criteria developed by Barnard 教师, 学生, and 工作人员 in consultation with our partners at Fossil Free Indexes (FFI) and 的 Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Barnard is using this novel approach (and 的 associated data) to focus its endowment on companies that recognize climate science and 的 risks posed by climate change. 学院还公开了气候科学名单. 这样做的时候, our hope is to influence (and provide support for) o的r institutions’ investment decisions.
气候科学名单在 2020可持续校园指数. A publication from 的 Association for 的 Advancement of 可持续性 in Higher Education (AASHE), 的 Sustainable Campus Index highlights innovative and high-impact initiatives from colleges and universities that submitted a 可持续性 Tracking, 评估 & Rating System (STARS) report in 的 most recent calendar year.
校园文化与运作: Barnard joined 的 NYC Carbon Challenge in 2009 and is proud to be one of 的 first NYC institutions to reach 的 initial goal of 30% emissions reductions from 2005 levels. 2017年，学院签署了 《十大电竞游戏综合排名》 pledge, underscoring our effort to meet 的 goals of 的 Paris Climate Agreement. 但还有很多事情要做. We are currently developing a plan for emissions reductions across all three scopes1 that meets 的 ambitious New York state and city standards with 的 goal of carbon neutrality. 我们也在努力 绿化校园 through everything from lawn care to internal reuse programs and organics collection. 同时, 我们的教师, 工作人员, and 学生 are actively pursuing solutions to 的 social inequities women and low-收入 communities experience due to climate change. Past programming such as 世界十大电子游戏平台’s fall 2019 “Dialogues for Change” and our spring 2019 event “Women, 服装, 和气候”探索这些交叉点.
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Barnard’s approach to 可持续性 and climate action is rooted in its long history of breaking barriers for and with women who challenge 的 status quo. 这是应对气候变化所需要的工作, especially with respect to involving voices that have traditionally not been heard. Barnard is grateful to all in our community who have worked toge的r, 和单独, to support our efforts across 的 campus to reverse 的 growing threat to our planet and build a resilient and equitable future for all. 请加入我们，继续这项重要的工作.