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Climate Action Plan

In 2021, Rutgers adopted a Climate Action Plan calling for the university to mobilize its academic, operational, and economic capacities to advance just, equitable climate solutions and help achieve national net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The community-developed plan recommended Rutgers establish the Office of Climate Action charged our office with helping the university work toward (or advance) our goals on climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and campus culture.

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Sectoral work groups across an array of specialties collaborated on the Climate Action Plan
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Faculty, students, and staff from all four Chancellor units contributed to the Climate Action Plan
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Rutgers pledges to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040