1. Newcastle University Declares a Climate Emergency – How did we get here?
May 2019

2. International / National / Regional Context
School Strikes for Climate – Aug’18…Mar’18
IPCC 1.5 degrees report - October ’18
Extinction rebellion protests – Apr 19
By how did we get here I don’t mean lessons in CO2, GH Effect, climate science – I’m assuming that everyone here agrees that there is an emergency!
Newcastle City Council Declare a Climate Emergency – Apr’19

3. University Context Environment & Sustainability Committee ESC
Established 2008
Chaired by DVC.
Acts as the body carrying out Management Review of our EMS.
Membership inc. Academics, Sustainability Team, Services and Students
EMS – celebrating 10 years this year.
New(ish) VC and DVC – new vision and strategy published October 2018
Strategies including Engagement and Place – including ‘embedding the values and practices of social justice’ across the work of the University.
Sustainability - a fundamental strategic enabler
BEIS Emissions Reduction Pledge Oct’18

4. University Context (cont.)
Policy review at ESC – agreed that policy wording needed to be updated to reflect the urgency of environmental issues - inc. climate change.
Review of Objectives and Targets – including opportunities and risks – inc. focus on carbon – April ‘18
Discussion was about our values and principles – including ‘Visibly Lead’
How to engage the whole institution…