UNH Hosts Climate Change
Symposium June 18
Focus on Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Saving Money
Contact: Sharon Keeler
UNH Media Relations
June 11, 2004
DURHAM, N.H. – The New England Governors’ Conference
(NEGC), Inc., in partnership with the University of New Hampshire,
will host the New England Governors’ and Eastern Canadian
Premiers’ (NEG/ECP) College and University Climate Change
Symposium Friday, June 18, 2004, at the New England Center on the
UNH Durham campus.
UNH is recognized as a national leader on climate change and energy
issues for integrating the ethics, science, technology and policies
of energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reductions into
its curriculum and organizational practices.
Participating institutions include UNH, Tufts University, the University
of Rhode Island, Middlebury College, Brown University, the State
New York at Buffalo, Harvard University, the University of Southern Maine,
the University of Vermont, the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency, the Massachusetts
Office of Commonwealth Development, the Newfoundland Department of the Environment,
the N.H. Department of Environmental Services, the National Association of
Colleges and Universities, Clean Air-Cool Planet, the Association of Physical
Plant Administrators, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
The event is being held as part of the NEG/ECP Campus Partnership,
in which colleges and universities pledged to support the goals
of the 2001 NEG/ECP Climate Action Plan through voluntary programs
on their campuses.
The plan calls for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that cause
global warming, through increased energy efficiency and conservation,
wise planning and investment.
A highlight of the symposium will be the presentation of the UNH Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Inventory. Developed in collaboration with the Portsmouth-based
non-profit Clean Air-Cool Planet as part of UNH’s Climate Education Initiative,
the inventory is the first of its kind and is now being used by universities
across the country to calculate greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
John Shea, director of NEGC energy and environmental programs, will open the
symposium at 9 a.m. and UNH President Ann Weaver Hart will give remarks at
the 3:30 p.m. closing plenary session.
Findings from the symposium will be presented at the Aug. 22-23, 2004, NEG/ECP
annual conference in Canada.
For more information, contact UNH’s Office of Sustainability Programs
at (603) 862-4088.