The following was contributed to an EAUC forum by Dave Krugman:<\/p>\n
I think the challenges that universities are having in cutting absolute targets whilst increasing estate size brings up the global conflict between growth and climate change. \u00a0Since we cannot grow the atmosphere and oceans, we need to address absolute targets if our goal is to actually fight global warming and ocean acidification. \u00a0Using relative targets is important to explain the larger picture yet will side step the whole point if it becomes the dominating metric. \u00a0One thing to keep in mind is that UK universities represent only around 0.4% of the UK's carbon emissions yet represent almost 10 times (4%) of the voting age population. \u00a0This means our advocacy efforts should be leveraged to address carbon reductions beyond our estates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Indeed; or as I once heard an American VC say: \"We may have only 2% of the carbon, but we've 100% of the students.\" \u00a0I hope EAUC\u00a0will take such points more seriously\u00a0than it usually does\u00a0in its plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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