Posted on 06/21/2017 6:49:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
America’s top universities expend considerable efforts to lead in the rankings, but last week they fell short—missing a critical opportunity to show moral leadership on climate change. If top schools want to lead on climate action, they should join the “We Are Still In” coalition, a collection of states, cities, businesses, and universities promising to support the Paris Climate Agreement.
President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international climate accord was swiftly rejected by local and state officials, as well as members of the business and academic community. Over 1,000 leaders have signed on to the “We Are Still In” pledge—including mayors and governors representing about 120 million people.
Unfortunately, our 11 academic institutions—the “Ivy-Plus” group—were not on that list (Columbia was the lone member of the Ivy-Plus group to sign both coalition statements). Instead, our universities—Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale—signed a separate statement of support.
Our universities cannot effectively address climate change from the ivory tower; they must join the wider cross-sectoral climate change response if they hope to advance meaningful progress.
If the Ivy-Plus group supports climate efforts as outlined in their own statement, then principled action requires joining the “We Are Still In” coalition to maximize the momentum and strength of broad climate action. Our University Presidents have already acknowledged the threat of climate change, as well as the critical role academic institutions play in supporting the transformation to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. When the federal government fails to respond to our generation’s most pressing challenges, we must all step in and lead to achieve progress. We have a national and international responsibility to meet our Paris Agreement commitments – because we are all still in.
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Question..How many people, in 2017, recognize the picture of that (self-censored) NAZI?
It is an old adage that “A picture is worth a thousand words” and it is true. Is there a photo (of course there is) of that scumbag in his official uniform?
I’m sure his fans in the media would appreciate seeing it.
Fine, all of you can stay in. You might be rethinking this position once you start trying to compete with those who do not choose the economic hobbles of “fighting climate change”.
Perhaps the Ivys should started donating to the UN Climate Fund from their substantial endowments.
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