CANIE - CANIE

Organization Type: Institution

Specific Department Signing: International Education

Organization/Department URL: https://international.richmond.edu/

Link to Organizational Sustainability Plan: https://sustainability.richmond.edu/goals/plan1/index.html

Basic - 3/7

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.

Better - 1/3

Collaborate to design policy options to incentivise and drive climate conscious practices across the sector. For example, through support or funding for think tanks, research, and other new or existing initiatives;

Work with partners to develop programming to increase resilience to the effects of climate change in host communities;

Identify policy options within Signatory’s scope of influence to incentivise and drive inclusive climate action across the sector.

Emissions Accounting and Reduction - 1/15

Better - 1/5

Take immediate and rapid action to reduce GHG emissions by no less than 25% below the baseline year within one year after signing;

Commit to a year-over-year decrease in GHG emission of no less than 25% until 2030;

Differentiate between, and account for, emissions in scopes 1, 2, and 3 in GHG reporting to align with globally accepted standards and to allow for comparison across industries;

Account for likely differences in personal energy consumption in the host location compared to energy consumption in the home location for business and academic travellers; and

Include climate impact measures in program approvals and assessments

Travel - 2/12

Basic - 2/4

Replace physical meetings with online ones when possible and logical;

Adjust, or introduce, climate conscious travel policies to incentivise lower carbon means of travel and reduce emissions-intensive business and academic travel;

When travelling by air is deemed necessary for international education business purposes, fly economy class or the least carbon-intensive mode;

Signatories that deliver conferences and other events should offer virtual participation options.

Facilities, Operations, and Procurement - 3/16

Basic - 3/7

Commit to collaborating with organizational sustainability unit(s);

Resource international education climate action commitments through budget and staffing allocation;

Ensure climate action is a responsibility in at least one person’s position description;

Collaborate globally on data collection and surveys relating to climate action in international education;

Implement flexible and equitable work from home options;

Replace printing and shipping marketing materials with digital marketing technologies; and

Encourage international education stakeholders to become Signatories to the CANIE Accord.

Climate Education - 4/13

Basic - 3/5

Insert climate literacy training modules into programming for all globally mobile students;

Support the development and dissemination of climate literacy professional training programs;

Encourage and support personnel to take advantage of climate action events resources provided by CANIE and other organizations; and

Make proprietary resources (e.g. articles, white papers and conference sessions) freely available to all in the sector when they pertain to climate action in international education; and

Include climate action as a theme at conferences and events.

Better - 1/8

Leverage Signatory’s influence to insert climate literacy modules into all undergraduate orientation packs;

Leverage Signatory’s influence to advocate for, and support, making climate literacy a graduate attribute;

Create structured opportunities for students to share climate action stories with peers;

Include a climate action stream within scholarship programs and prioritise sustainability-related courses within scholarship funds;

Commission and support research, training, and the development of climate action materials for international education practitioners,

Commission and support research and data collection on the intersections of climate change, global education, and social justice;

Ensure that commissioned research and resources on climate action is open access; and

Signatories that are associations or membership organizations should establish or maintain climate action expert communities.

University of Richmond

General Information

CANIE Accord Commitments

Basic - 3/7

Better - 1/3

Better - 1/5

Basic - 2/4

Basic - 3/7

Basic - 3/5

Better - 1/8

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