Temple University: Global Warming
Temple joins effort to reduce climate impact - 04/16/08
On April 21, the eve of Earth Day, Temple University will make public its commitment to improving the planet's climate when President Ann Weaver Hart signs the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment at a signing ceremony 1 p.m. in Founder's Garden.
In taking the action, President Hart aligns Temple with more than 500 colleges and universities around the world that have made reducing their impact on the world's climate a high priority. She said it's a commitment that the Temple community is ready to make.
"Students, faculty and administrative leaders in the last year have shown tremendous enthusiasm for creating an urban university that is sensitive to its impact on the environment," Hart said. "Signing the Climate Commitment is the next logical step for Temple."
The commitment prescribes a series of steps to create an institutional plan for becoming climate neutral, with a special emphasis on reducing greenhouse gases, now seen as major factor in global warming.
As a signatory to the agreement, Temple agrees that it is "deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of global warming and its potential for large-scale, adverse health, social, economic and ecological effects."
