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class="blockquote-portrait"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2020-11/DarryllPines_05262020_JC_7202_Final.jpg?itok=oqGfmodG" alt="President Pines standing in front of the main administrative building on campus"> </div> <div class="blockquote-attribution"> <span class="blockquote-author">President Pines</span> <span class="blockquote-title">Maryland Climate Action Event @ Center for Global Sustainability</span> </div> </footer> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_feature"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="feature feature-default bg-dark-red" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3457"> <div class="feature-media"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2020-11/CarbonNeutralCampusIllustration_MattLaumann.png?itok=k3B-aTPg" alt=" Measures designed to move UMD toward eventual carbon neutrality in 2050 are taking effect all over campus. (Illustrations by Matt Laumann)"> </div> <div class="feature-content"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="editor-content"> <h2>Climate Action Plan 3.0</h2> <p><h3>UMD's Current Plan for reaching Net Zero Carbon</h3><p>Since 2007, UMD has been committed to carbon neutrality. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the university's day-to-day operations are detailed in this technical plan that is updated regularly with input from operational leaders who are implementing these actions. The third overarching version has been approved by the University Sustainability Council and will be launched by President Pines in late fall 2024.</p></p> <a href="" class="btn" target="_self"> Climate Action Plan 3.0 (coming soon) </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_image_with_text"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3072"> <figure aria-label="image with caption" role="group" class="align-left"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/ClimateAction_HigherEd_Roundtable_08012024_JC_1794_PinesCropped.jpg?itok=uYI3ekBf" alt="President Pines speaking at Summer 2024 USM Climate Summit for Aspen Institute Initiative"> </figure> <h3><a href="https://sustainingprogress.umd.edu/progress-commitments/climate-action-plan">Climate Action Plan 2.0: Carbon Emission Reduction and Removal</a></h3><p>This is the second overarching version of UMD's Climate Action Plan (CAP), activated in 2017 and updated in 2021.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_feature"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="feature feature-default bg-light-gray" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3528"> <div class="feature-media"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/Aspen%20Institute%20photo%20for%20CAP%20Page%20%281920x1280%29.png?itok=iO7CfPK_" alt="Staff discussing poster with graphs on student interest in sustainability"> </div> <div class="feature-content"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="editor-content"> <h2>Resources for Living with Climate Change</h2> <p><ul><li>Use the following resources to help you grapple with the real life weather, societal inequities, and feelings that can emerge when you think about climate change</li><li>UMD has a wealth of public information available about climate change-related research and the overview below offers a jumping off place to begin delving into the ways that Maryland scholars are making contributions</li></ul><blockquote><p>"We are guided by an unwavering commitment to all of our constituencies--students, faculty, staff, partners, allies, and alumni--to fearlessly forge a better world for all of humankind." - <a href="https://strategicplan.umd.edu/">Fearlessly Forward</a> Guiding Principles</p></blockquote><ul><li>In the spirit of the strategic plan, the final section of this page provides context on how CAP 3.0 and UMD fit within the larger vision of <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/"><em>Agenda 2030</em></a><em> </em>and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals</li></ul></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_card_group"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="card-group-bg card-group-bg-default" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3533"> <div class="card-group"> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3529"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/AdobeStock_749476481.jpeg?itok=ecySANjy" alt="Person with red umbrella walking a rainy pathway"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Resilience to the Changing Climate</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>UMD partners with Prince George's County and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to ensure that we are prepared for flooding, extreme heat, tropical storms and other impacts of global warming. The <a href="https://prepare.umd.edu/node/5">Office of Emergency Management & Business Continuity</a> has quick tips for weather related emergencies and other helpful resources.</p></div> <a href="https://sustainingprogress.umd.edu/resilience-changing-climate" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Resilience Resources </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3530"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/GoodNeighborDay2023.jpg?itok=a4bSK0gU" alt="Child and woman working together on planting in a urban parking lot (on Good Neighbor Day 2023)"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Climate Justice</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>Higher education has a critical role to play in ensuring that society's transition from fossil fuels to greener alternatives includes opportunities and wellness for everyone, regardless of their level of education, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion and abilities. UMD has strong research and service capabilities in the realm of <a href="https://research.umd.edu/capabilities/research-areas/social-justice">social justice</a>. The university is well positioned to contribute to a just climate transition.</p></div> <a href="https://sustainingprogress.umd.edu/climate-justice" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Just Transition Resources </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3531"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/AdobeStock_238910275.jpeg?itok=oinxYQeb" alt="Young woman at laptop with head resting in hand"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Climate Emotions</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>We are all dealing with an uncertain future. The Office of Sustainability, the Division of Student Affairs, the Campus Arboretum, the Office of Community Engagement, and other campus groups work to create communities and provide resources to help students, staff and faculty process difficult emotions and harness them for positive changes.</p></div> <a href="https://sustainingprogress.umd.edu/guiding-commitments/climate-action-plan/climate-emotions" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Mental Health Resources </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3532"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/AdobeStock_813957751.jpeg?itok=aJeThlYc" alt="Illustration of a line of 20 people looking up at a map of the world"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Climate Research</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>UMD is a global leader in research initiatives to address the complexities of climate change, with interdisciplinary teams working on multiple fronts to protect public health and ecological resources. This site highlights a few major research efforts but does not capture everything underway at UMD. For more information please contact the Division of Research.</p></div> <a href="https://sustainingprogress.umd.edu/node/181" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Research Overview </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_divider"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-small rule-small" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3329"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_text"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3335"> <h3>Climate Action and Sustainable Development Synergies</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section page-section-umd_terp_homepage page-section-ut_image_with_text"> <div class="max-bound"> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3334"> <figure aria-label="image with caption" role="group" class="align-right"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-08/AdobeStock_444845596.png?itok=5tB2W52x" alt="Illustration of a globe with buildings surrounding its perimeter in the United Nations SDG Colors"> </figure> <p><em><strong>"Maximizing on the interlinkages between the </strong></em><a href="https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda"><em><strong>2030 Agenda</strong></em></a><em><strong> and the </strong></em><a href="https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement"><em><strong>Paris Agreement</strong></em></a><em><strong> by leveraging Climate and SDG Synergies, has the potential of achieving both agendas and guaranteeing a livable future for next generations by leaving no one behind."</strong></em> - <a href="https://www.un.org/en/climate-sdgs-conference-2023/background">United Nations Global Climate & SDG Synergy Conference</a></p><p>The world is facing numerous crises that are interconnected by shared social, economic, and environmental drivers. Addressing the climate crisis requires both climate action, initiatives that aim to reduce the severity of climate change and its impacts, and sustainable development, development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 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