Almeida, Paul, Rasha Naseif, and Isabelle Haddad. 2024. UC Merced Office of Sustainability Report #2 on Decarbonization - 2024 Campus-Wide Survey. Merced, CA: University of California Merced.
Abstract
Key Findings and Recommendations
- The decarbonization survey reached nearly one in three members of campus
- UC Merced maintains curricular resources to overcome the dense jargon of climate action terminology
- There is widespread support for UCM to engage in equitable climate planning in the region that prioritizes working families and disinvested communities
- There is broad campus backing for UCM to seek greater external investments to fund climate action planning and decarbonization efforts in the San Joaquin Valley
- Nearly one out of every three members of the campus community is willing to participate in climate meetings off campus providing a vast human resource pool for climate action
- A permanent campus climate action commission should be immediately established to continue the implementation of the preferences in this survey