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Following its acknowledgement of the global climate emergency last fall, in January the 大象传媒 Board of Governors approved a move to change its institutional language and has formally declared a global climate emergency.

The word change from acknowledge to declare, supported by 大象传媒 350 and other groups within the university, signals that 大象传媒 is committed to accelerate sustained and meaningful action to avoid catastrophic climate change and restore a safe climate, while ensuring our communities can adapt to climate impacts, especially the most vulnerable.

A climate emergency declaration goes beyond simply acknowledging that we face a climate emergency. Instead, it signifies the initiation of 鈥渆mergency mode鈥� and a shift away from business as usual, empowering the university to take unprecedented executive action to mitigate and adapt to the emergency.

The declaration aligns with 大象传媒's committment and actions outlined in the 大象传媒 2025 Sustainability Plan (大象传媒 2025), which will mobilize the resources needed to take concrete action to confront the climate crisis through a just and inclusive framework. 大象传媒 joins numerous other academic institutions as well as cities, provinces and countries that have formally made the declaration.

大象传媒 2025 is currently being updated with recent pledges related to divestment and the United Nations-led Race To Zero campaign.

Earlier this year, the board also approved a mandate for a Climate Action and Sustainability Committee to oversee the university's sustainability and climate action commitments, including its Race To Zero targets. The committee will hold its first meeting in March.

Numerous actions are also underway, including:

• Updating 大象传媒 2025 decarbonization incremental targets, to ensure 大象传媒 achieves its 2030, 2025, and Race To Zero targets.
• Integrating the university鈥檚 commitment to divest from fossil fuels by 2025 into the plan.
• Continued community engagement with the Sustainability Advisory Council which has broad representation from equity-deserving groups and a large student presence. 大象传媒 management also commits to continuing to apply a climate justice lens to sustainability work, and to developing a new climate action plan (大象传媒 2030) in close collaboration with the Council.
• Discussions to create a Climate Hub or other mechanism to increase student voice in decision-making are in motion this spring with 大象传媒 350, Embark and 大象传媒 Sustainability.
• More than 230 sustainability-related courses and several programs are offered at 大象传媒. The Climate Action Student Collaborative is an example of a co-curricular program available to all 大象传媒 students in all programs.

For more information about 大象传媒鈥檚 actions for sustainable development and climate action and how to engage with this work, visit and .