Climate activists at the University of Colorado Boulder say the university's new plan to decarbonize lacks ambition and transparency, and that CU Boulder is rapidly falling behind in climate action.
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Academics
March 8, 2021
To travel across the ocean to Spain, to eat lunch surrounded by prime ministers and presidents, to protest climate injustice with youth activist leaders from around the world, then to publish a peer-reviewed journal article - this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Each year, the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University take about 20 students to the United Nations Climate Conference, where world leaders negotiate climate change policy. In 2019, Corrie Grosse, an assistant professor of environmental studies, taught a two-credit Global Climate Policy class in the fall, preparing students for the conference, then accompanied them to Madrid. CSB/SJU are formal observers to this UN conference, receiving a limited number of badges each year to take students.