Launch of Carbon Neutral University Campus and SCCN Guidelines at COP24 Katowice, Poland
SCCN in COP24, Katowice
Carbon-Neutral University Campuses:
Youth Begin Climate-Actions where it Matters
7thDec 2018 Katowice, Poland:“The Smart Campus Cloud Network is a bespoke approach to empower and support students and faculty to begin action on climate change urgently”, said Prof. Frederick Dubee, Former Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact and UN Secretary General Office.
Prof Dubee was speaking as a chief guest at the Press Conference of TERRE Policy Centre in Katowice during COP24, organized by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). During the press conference ‘Climate Neutral University Campus’ was launched along with a tool-kit and water guidelines for Smart Campuses.
“The creativity, ability and the desire of the youth represent a powerful asset for all humanity. Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN) of universities, facilitated by TERRE Policy Centre and supported by UNESCO leverages this asset to address the Climate emergency”, added Prof. Dubee.
The kit and the guidelines that are meant to initiate the actions in the campus are part of the tool-box for similar actions for clean energy, waste management, sustainable transport, afforestation, etc. The results of the activities in the campus would be shared through cloud network with other universities in the network and linked to Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Zeyu Hu, a Student from Cornell University-USA presented his university’s sustainability achievements and supported SCCN.
By sharing the successes and challenges through the cloud network, the campuses would generate positive competition. SCCN is, the, enabler for innovations in campus. “Campuses are the right places to trigger the emergency actions laid out by IPCC report of 1.5 deg C,” said Mr. Rajendra Shende, Chairman TERRE Policy Centre and Former Director UNEP and added “Campuses would not only make youth ‘SDGs-ready’ but would also make them climate-resilient”.
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Contacts:
Dr Rajendra Shende, Chairman of Green Terre Foundation and Former Director of UNEP :
Ar. Durga Kamat, Sr Project Coordinator, SCCN:
About:
Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN)
SCCN is Global Network of the Universities and Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) that localises Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The network encourages the youth in the universities to undertake projects in their own campus that relate to SDGs and Climate Change. The overall objective of the project is to skill the students and faculty in mainstreaming SDGs in the education system through practical work in the campus. SCCN’s recent project is ‘Not-Zero Net-Zero’, for which 250+ universities (and the number is growing) have pledged and are initiating the work on carbon neutrality (SDG 7 and 13). The key pressing point of SCCN is to emphasise hands-on and practical work than the class-room talks.
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