CSUN recognizes the climate challenge and is implementing Sustainability and Climate Action Plans to guide us on a path towards reduced campus energy use, consumption and waste. We are working to manage our resources efficiently and sustainably, and have set ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions over the next twenty-five years. We are integrating sustainability into our curriculum to develop informed graduates who will help to create a positive and sustainable future.
The Campus-Community Climate Leadership Task Force will assist with climate action and resilience planning that supports both campus and community goals and facilitates joint action. There is a need to build resilience in our cities and communities against the impacts of climate change and other potential threats in order that we can respond to such stressors and preserve the health of our society and its critical infrastructure. We will build on the proven practices of collective impact, leveraging existing activities and practices to replicate successes throughout the region, and expanding actions to new communities.
With staff support and assistance, the task force will:
- identify the various exposures the community has to climate change
- assess community vulnerabilities
- assess community resilience
- define goals for increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability
- identify strategies for reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience
- establish priorities for joint campus-community actions towards meeting the goals
- engage the community in carrying out these actions