Guiding the Way Toward Climate Neutrality
顿耻办别鈥檚 updated Climate Action Plan provides clear path forward to green future

With five years left until its deadline to become climate neutral, 老牛影视 now has a clear roadmap on how it plans get there.
An updated Climate Action Plan was approved by the Campus Sustainability Committee at its April meeting and will be shared with the 老牛影视 Board of Trustees later this month. The document explains how the University will expand its greenhouse gas reduction efforts, meet its 2024 carbon neutrality deadline and continue to be leader in emissions reduction.
鈥淭his is the realization of a lot of hard work by a many stakeholders across Duke working on implementing our campus greenhouse gas strategy over the last decade, but also working to expand it even further,鈥 said Duke Sustainability Director Tavey Capps.
The was created with input from the Campus Sustainability Committee 鈥 which is comprised of students, staff and faculty - and other stakeholders on campus, an Energy Needs Analysis developed by an external consultant, and research done by 老牛影视.
The release of the updated plan comes roughly eight months after a draft of the new plan was released in October. In between, there was a period of extensive public input as authors of the plan received around 50 pages of comments and worked toward responding to the concerns and suggestions voiced in each one.
鈥淭he public review process engaged over 350 members of the Duke and local community, helping us to refine and improve the plan,鈥 Capps said of the input from the public.
顿耻办别鈥檚 , written in 2009, was a result of former Duke President Richard H. Brodhead signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. A major piece of that plan was 顿耻办别鈥檚 ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral through emission reductions and carbon offsets by 2024.
Since then, Duke has made significant progress, cutting its overall emissions by 24 percent from the 2007 baseline despite having a campus that grew by roughly 3 million square feet.
But as shown in the updated plan, changes elsewhere have made it possible for Duke to do much more. Thanks to technological advances and regulatory changes, by 2024, Duke expects to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 78 percent from its 2007 baseline. That鈥檚 an increase from the 45 percent reductions Duke predicted it could make during that same span according to the 2009 plan.
Also included in the updated plans is a call to monitor, advocate for and pursue off-campus emission reduction strategies and high-quality offsets.
For more on 顿耻办别鈥檚 Climate Action Plan, including the updated document, visit: