The Green Ribbon Commission Higher Education Working Group (HEWG) leverages the higher education sector’s capabilities for climate action by sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration and supporting policy change within and across sectors to support the City of Boston in meeting its climate goals.
Boston is home to one of the highest concentrations of higher education institutions in the country. Higher education institutions can play a unique role in informing, facilitating, and accelerating the climate transformation. Their research knowledge can inform investments and regulatory decision making; their students can provide the critical skills needed by private and public stakeholders to support implementation; their campuses can act as “living labs” to test out innovative climate solutions; and their political influence can help inform and advance needed public policy changes.
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Current Initiative
The HEWG is currently focused on accelerating the decarbonization of member heating and cooling systems and advancing the development of more robust Thermal Energy Networks in the Boston area.
View recordings here.Participating Organizations
Boston University, Emerson College, Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Tufts University, U Mass Boston, Emerson College