ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for University of Arkansas Main Campus

Submitted on September 8, 2009; last updated on November 25, 2009

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan Climate Action Plan for the University of Arkansas
August 31, 2009
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2040
If you have any qualifying statements with regard to the climate neutrality target date, please include them here, and/or if you have chosen "TBD" and not specified a neutrality date, please enter the reason and explain the process for establishing a target date in the future.

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Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
10% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2014 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
30% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2021 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
100% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2040 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
Nonstandard Emissions Targets
Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format.

2005 level of emissions by 2014 (160,000 MT CO2e)
1990 level of emissions by 2021 (125,000 MT CO2e)

We have detailed scope 1 and scope 2 data for 1990 - present, and complete detailed data for scopes 1 - 3 for 2002 - 2007. We have extrapolated from those data to determine the 1990 emissions level.

Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

The University of Arkansas will reduce the GHG emissions inventory to the 2005 level by 2014, and to the 1990 level by 2021. The university will deploy energy conservation and efficiency measures, campus life and campus management policies, on-campus and off-campus renewable energy systems, carbon sequestration projects, and procure financial instruments such as offsets and renewable energy credits to become climate neutral by 2040.

Please describe your institution's plans to make sustainability a part of the curriculum for all students.

A PhD is offered in Environmental Dynamics, which integrates the nNatural and social impacts of global climatic change, paleoclimatology and dendrochronology, geoinformatics and associated geospatial technologies, studies of environmental pollution, ecological degradation,landscape evolution and land use change, the impacts of natural hazards and watershed sciences.

A Life Cycle Assessment program has been initiated in the Walton College of Business.

Curriculum committees are developing a professional science masters program in sustainability analysis and an undergraduate minor program in sustainability.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand research efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

Nine academic centers in the colleges of engineering, business, agriculture, and architecture support sustainable development and sustainable living.

The National Center for Reliable Electrical Power Transmission has developed the most efficient electical inverters yet produced anywhere, and product development and commercialization are underway. Along with electrical grid efficiency improvements, enhanced inverter efficiency will play an important role in improving the viability and cost-effectiveness of renewable energy systems.

The Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability is developing research programs that integrate social patterns of rural life in our region with agricultural technologies, food production systems, and bioenergy production systems.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand community outreach efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

The plan calls for ongoing programs that enhance awareness about the need for sustainable lifestyles in conjunction with renewable energy technologies. Projects such as food waste composting, expanded recycling, and energy conservation in student housing units emphasize the need for individual responsibility and actions.