Initiatives — Higher Ed Climate Action

We will focus on empowering our higher education sector in taking action on climate change.

Planet Ed Higher Ed

Higher Ed Climate Action will unlock the full potential of higher education as a force for climate action, solutions, and environmental justice.

Building upon its work with the early years and K-12 sectors, This Is Planet Ed is ready to ensure our institutions of learning equip young people with the knowledge and skills to lead in a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world. Higher Ed Climate Action will accelerate higher education’s already impressive progress on climate action, create an overarching framework for its unique role, and identify policies to scale climate action across the sector.

The Task Force will be co-chaired by Commissioner of Higher Education for Louisiana, Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, and President of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Dr. Mildred García. Similar to prior work with This Is Planet Ed’s K12 Climate Action and Early Years Climate Action, the Higher Ed Climate Task Force will hold a series of public listening sessions over the next year and draft an Action Plan outlining a comprehensive framework for the sector.

We are grateful for the advice, input, and partnership from Second Nature and the Center for Native American Youth as we build and shape Higher Ed Climate Action.

Read the Full Press Release Here

Higher Ed Climate Action Task Force

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Millie Garcia (Co-Chair)

President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

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Kim Hunter Reed (Co-Chair)

Commissioner of Higher Education, Louisiana

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Managing Director and Chief of Staff, Waverley Street Foundation

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Paul Cherukuri

Vice President for Innovation, Rice University

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President, Northern Arizona University

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Carrie Besnette Hauser

President and CEO, Colorado Mountain College

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Walter Kimbrough

Interim Executive Director, Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College

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Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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Jamie Merisotis

President, Lumina Foundation

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Eloy Oakley

President & CEO, College Futures Foundation

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Chancellor, University System of Maryland

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Bill Ritter

Director, Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) at Colorado State University; Former Governor, Colorado

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Ron Rochon

President, University of Southern Indiana

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Charitie Ropati

Education and Environmental Activist, Indigenous Scientist, Arctic Youth Ambassador

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Student Activist, Miami Dade College

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Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University

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Student, Southern University and A&M College

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Carla Walker-Miller

Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services

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Professor, Haskell Indian Nations University

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Co-Founder & Executive Director, The All We Can Save Project

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Dan Porterfield (Honorary Member)

President, Aspen Institute