Temple University

Signatory Date: Jan 27, 2024

Region: PA, United States of America, 19122

Address: 1801 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia

commitments

Basic: 24/32

Better: 7/32

Best: 0/6

commitments

Basic: 24/32

Better: 7/32

Best: 0/6

General Information

Organization Type: Institution

Specific Department Signing: Office of Global Engagement

Organization/Department URL: temple.edu

Link to Organizational Sustainability Plan: https://sustainability.temple.edu/

CANIE Accord Commitments

Leadership and Influencing - 7/14

Basic - 7/7

Commit to greater levels of collaboration with other stakeholders in international education to forge a coordinated approach to accelerate climate action;

Advocate for accelerated climate action within Signatory’s own organisation and with other stakeholders within their sphere of influence;

Place climate action at the center of organisational international education strategy;

Embed climate action in organizational missions and strategies, policies and frameworks including official strategic documents;

Signatories should minimize negative financial impacts of their climate action plans on their partners;

Publish a climate action plan within 12 months of signing this Accord; and

Promote and commemorate Signatory’s commitment to this Accord.

Emissions Accounting and Reduction - 6/15

Basic - 6/9

Establish a baseline year to represent peak emissions and serve as a reference point for GHG reduction progress;

Set context-appropriate decarbonization targets and timelines. Targets should represent a progression beyond the Signatory’s baseline year and reflect its highest possible ambition and shortest possible time frame;

Determine context-appropriate methods of measuring GHG emissions;

Account for emissions from international education activities inclusive of operations; international student academic-related travel; global education participant academic-related travel; faculty academic, research, and business travel; researchers’ project-related travel; staff and administrators’ travel, and student personal travel during their academic program.

Commit to not using carbon credit projects as a substitute for decarbonization measures nor as justification for delaying emissions reductions;

Regularly revise carbon credit strategy as best practices evolve; and

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Temple University is Philadelphia's only public university ranked top 45 public school among national universities (US News 2023). Temple is a among 4% of R1 universities in the nation. It serves over 30,000 students in over 600 program across 17 schools and colleges ranking from medicine to art, business, and science. It has branch campuses in Rome and Tokyo, making it the only public university with such global reach.

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Temple University

General Information

CANIE Accord Commitments

Basic - 7/7

Basic - 6/9

Basic - 2/4

Better - 1/7

Basic - 6/7

Better - 3/9

Basic - 3/5

Better - 3/8

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