No images? Click here ![]() The Implementer![]() March 2022 Accelerate Your Climate Awareness. Knowledge. Action. | Second Nature's Monthly E-Newsletter. NOTABLE NEWS![]() Major AnnouncementOur Newest 2022 Summit Keynote Speaker!Jahi Wise ![]() Jahi Wise is the Senior Advisor for Climate Policy and Finance in the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, where he focuses on climate finance, clean energy deployment and economic development. Wise has held climate policy positions in the Office of the Mayor of New York City and at a national nonprofit focused on clean energy finance and deployment. Wise practiced as a project finance attorney at an international law firm and as general counsel of a social enterprise focused on community scale clean energy deployment. Friday, April 8th | 12-12:30pm ET Want to attend this keynote session but not yet registered? There's still time! But hurry because. . . The 2022 Summit Begins Next Week!Don't miss out on your opportunity to join us virtually at the 2022 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit! Register today before it's too late! We need your voice at the table next week when we meet to foster courageous conversations and radical collaborations in our shared pursuit of a just, sustainable, and thriving carbon-free society. We hope to spur conversations and partnerships that are difficult and challenging yet essential and transformative. Don't miss out on connecting with your peers and key champions across sectors to build relationships and find solutions to the most consequential climate issues of our time. There's Still Time to Register as a Host Institution, but Hurry! Our Response to the February 28th Release of the Latest IPCC Report:![]() More. . .Read the Full Statement Here BONUS BULLETINAcademics for Climate Advocacy Working GroupWe are excited to announce a new initiative aimed at engaging academics from higher education institutions from across the nation the: Academics for Climate Advocacy (ACA) Working Group. ![]() This Working Group is for academics interested in utilizing their institutional position and expertise to help advance climate policy at the municipal, state, and federal levels in a low-life way. Academics will 1) convene on a quarterly basis for Working Group meetings, 2) be contacted when there are meaningful opportunities to engage in climate advocacy, and 3) receive regular updates on relevant policy developments in their jurisdiction. We recognize that academics often have limited capacity for this type of work, so our priority is to make meaningful climate advocacy as straightforward and low-commitment as possible. We hope to recruit a diverse range of academics from a variety of disciplines and institutions to advance climate legislation across the nation. ![]() ![]() New Report Highlights Need for Equity, Access, and Collaboration in Federally Funded Climate Solutions ResearchEarlier this week we released a new report titled “The Future of Academic Research on Climate Solutions”. The report, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and produced in collaboration with researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Energy Transition Institute, evaluates the current climate research landscape supported by the US federal government and highlights key levers to improve the effectiveness of academic research for climate solutions. ![]() ![]() Bonus: One of our Research Fellows April Burrage, who was involved in this Report was recently highlighting in the Sloan P. Foundation March 2022 newsletter here. ![]() SIMAP® Update
Step 1: Please schedule a one on one guided tour of the new public reporting module to review your data and make it public. During the guided tour we will also set up reporting module user accounts for you and others responsible for reporting at your institution. Step 2: After the guided tour and user account set up, you will be able to report your most recent greenhouse gas data. We will cover this process during the tour. We are still seeking your most recent inventory by May 1, 2022. SUMMARY Tools & Resources: MONTHLY MERITUniversity of Pittsburgh Commits to 2037 Neutrality Goal![]() In February 2020, the University of Pittsburgh announced their commitment to being carbon neutral by 2037. They recently released a Climate Action Plan to illustrate what steps they plan to take to reach their 2037 goal. Congratulations to the University of Pittsburgh on continuing to Accelerate your Climate Action Goals! RAPID RECOGNITIONS![]() Clarkson University Libraries First Academic Library to Complete Sustainable Libraries Certification Program U of M study shows strong winter and summer warming in Minnesota by 2100 ![]() ![]() Sustainability at UW-Madison RELEVANT RESOURCESWatch:
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