U75

Welcome to U75, the driving force behind the transformation of educational institutions into hubs of sustainability, innovation, and climate action. U75 stands for "Universities for Carbon Neutrality by 2070," a bold initiative aimed at empowering universities and colleges to achieve carbon neutrality and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. We believe that the future is not zero; it's net-zero, and we're committed to leading the way.

75 Universities And HEIs Marching Towards Net-Zero With A Definitive Road-map

Empowering Campuses, Transforming Futures

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On 2nd Dec 2021, PM Narendra Modi declared that ‘Today India is moving forward on the subject of climate with great courage and unprecedented ambition that by the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero carbon emission’. PM Modi was addressing COP26 of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, UK.

Carbon Neutrality, reducing the carbon emission to net zero, has been identified by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the definite way out of the existential threat to our planet. What more, the social and economic benefits of Carbon Neutrality stand- out as new era of ‘New and Clean Energy’ take roots. Taking the clue, number of businesses, cities and more than 100 have now set or are considering a target of reducing emissions to net zero by around mid-century.

On 12th December 2020, on fifth anniversary of the Paris agreement, Green TERRE Foundation, (herein after called TERRE), a not-for-profit, section 8 company, as part of its Smart Campus Cloud Network, organized the virtual interaction with 12 Vice Chancellors from the well-known universities across the length and breadth of India. One university from Latin America (Peru) also participated. UNESCO, AICTE and EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited) participated to interact with VCs at the highest level. All the VCs in the event took the pledge to attain net-zero emissions within the time span stipulated by IPCC. Since then, 250+ higher educational institutes have taken pledge on-line.

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Through learning by doing and managing by digital measurements, the universities and students can serve as ambassadors to address climate, water, waste, and transport through the Smart Campus Cloud Network of Green TERRE Foundation

-- Hon’ble Prakash Javadekar
Member of Parliament, India

To act on global environmental challenges we need to make climate change a people’s issue

-- Erik Sohleim
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Former Executive Director of UN Environment

Carbon neutrality should be part of the curriculum to make youth climate ready- starting right from school. Smart campuses are the living labs where students can learn, observe, practice, and pilot, carbon neutrality, which is the seminal concept of SCCN.

-- Prof. Anil Sahashrabudhe
Co-founder & Chancellor, Shobhit University | Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Education

There is no better place than the university campus to seed and nurture PM Modi’s LiFE mission and India’s Net Zero targets.

-- Dr Rajendra Shende
Chairman of Green Terre Foundation and Former Director of UNEP

We are celebrating G20 Presidency, and hence the movement Not Zero-Net Zero is launched at the right time in the universities so that they can contribute to the national mission.

-- T G Sitharam
Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education New Delhi: (former Director, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

Net zero movements should be able to impact not only the campus but also the surrounding communities and enter the homes of students and their workplaces of the future.

-- Dr Bhanu Neupane
Program Manager, UN