Now is the time for action
Read our Sustainability Report
This past winter, our region has been routinely pummeled with flooding, ice and wind that would have been considered generational events for our parents and grandparents. The impacts on the structure of our communities, on the livelihoods of our community members, have been profound– and they are still growing.
We know from the acceleration of environmental impact on our region that “business as usual” is no longer sustainable. This report is the result of our campus Climate Response Working Group’s first step to change how we do business: to make an honest assessment of where we stand in terms of our contributions to human- influenced climate change, so that we can identify where action is most urgently needed and most possible for us, and to support our community members in making informed, effective change more broadly.
The climate crisis is here, and preventing the worst effects requires bold action now.
In March 2023, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most recent report, reiterating the science from reports they've released over the last few years. The climate crisis is here, and we need to make systemic changes now to avert the worst outcomes.
At Cobscook Institute, we are committed to helping address the climate crisis. We are undertaking several steps to improve our campus infrastructure and reduce our own emissions, and positioning ourselves to be a leader in the transition to clean energy.
As part of our ‘23-’26 Strategic Plan, we are committed to cultivating long-term resiliency and sustainability for our region by responding to the challenges of climate change.
