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Climate Action Plan for University of Pennsylvania

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Submitted on September 15, 2009; last updated on October 1, 2009

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan	The University of Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan
Date Adopted	September 15, 2009
Graphical Representation of Mitigation Strategies
Graphical Representation of Emissions Trajectory

Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
Climate Neutrality Target Date	No information provided.
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. No information provided.

Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target	Target Date	Baseline
7% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions	by 2010	relative to baseline emissions in 2008

Nonstandard Emissions Targets
Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format. PLEASE NOTE THAT BASELINE EMISSIONS STATED ABOVE ARE RELATIVE TO FY2007, NOT FY2008. SEE BELOW FOR FULL TARGETED EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS. Target 1: A 6.76 percent reduction of total MTCDE for scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2010 relative to the baseline emissions in 2007. Target 2: A 23.88 percent reduction of total MTCDE for scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2014 relative to the baseline emissions in 2007.

Nonstandard Emissions Targets

Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BASELINE EMISSIONS STATED ABOVE ARE RELATIVE TO FY2007, NOT FY2008.
SEE BELOW FOR FULL TARGETED EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS.

Target 1: A 6.76 percent reduction of total MTCDE for scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2010 relative to the baseline emissions in 2007.
Target 2: A 23.88 percent reduction of total MTCDE for scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2014 relative to the baseline emissions in 2007.

Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

Please see “University of Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan” Section 5.5, Utilities and Operations; Section 5.6, Physical Environment; Section 5.7, Transportation; and Section 5.8, Waste and Recycling.

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

Please see "University of Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan" Section 5.9, Academics.

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

Please see "University of Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan" Section 5.9, Academics.

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

Please see "University of Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan" Section 5.6, Physical Environment; Section 5.8, Waste and Recycling; 5.9, Academics; and Section 5.10, Communications.

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