Indicator 13.4
Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels and Reduction Targets
Through its Policy on Sustainable Practices, UC has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to year 2000 levels by 2014, and to 1990 levels by 2020. These goals are consistent with the targets established by the Global Warming Solutions Act, which Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law in 2006.
UC campuses are developing plans to achieve these targets and the University will track progress on an ongoing basis.
Some UC campuses have committed to more aggressive reduction targets.
Campuses report emissions publicly through the California Climate Action Registry ( http://www.climateregistry.org/CARROT/public/reports.aspx) and the American College and University President's Climate Commitment ( http://acupcc.aashe.org).
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Source: UC Budget and Capital Resources.
These charts show the tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2) associated with purchased electricity and natural gas and onsite fuel combustion. This is an initial measurement; future inventories will also include greenhouse gas emissions generated from faculty/staff/student commuting and university-funded air travel.
Year 1990 and 2000 baselines are estimates based on the best available data and calculation methods. Baselines are subject to refinement when better data become available or inventory protocols improve. Data are not available for 2005 and 2006 for all campuses; therefore a Universitywide statistic could not be computed for those years.
Berkeley’s goal is to reach the 1990 level by 2014. Los Angeles’s emissions goal is to meet the 2000 level by 2011. Campus data include the medical centers (except Davis, which is campus only). Future data from Davis will include the medical center.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.