Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change

VU Environmental Commitment Statement (Posted 4/22/09)

Baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (Posted 4/22/09)

Executive Summary (Color)

Executive Summary (Black & White)

Full Report (Color)

Full Report (Black & White)

VU's Greenhouse Gas Inventory Development

• How will Vanderbilt's carbon footprint be calculated? (Posted 4/2/09)
• Calculating the footprint (Posted 3/27/09)
• What is climate change and why should I care about it? (Posted 3/18/09)
• So what is a carbon footprint and why is Vanderbilt calculating one? (Posted 3/6/09)
• VU to calculate carbon footprint (Posted 2/20/09)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change

• What can you do to affect climate change? Small changes at home make a big difference (Posted 10/26/09)
• Vanderbilt Shrinking Its Carbon Footprint (Posted 8/09)
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (Posted 6/22/09)
• National Science Foundation Releases Comprehensive Report on Global Impacts of Climate Change (Posted 5/14/09)
• VU focuses 'energy' on improving building efficiency and changing behaviors during economic slump (Posted 2/4/09)
• The Campaign to End American Idle
  Vanderbilt Law professor Mike Vandenbergh wants to change your driving behavior: Stop idling your car.
• Vanderbilt Doctors Develop New Technology to Recycle Anesthetic
• Vanderbilt hosts lecture by leading climate change scientist (click here to watch the video lecture)
• VU faculty members tackling climate change from every angle
• Cleaning Up Coal
  Scientists and policymakers might debate the existence and causes of "global warming," but no one debates the need for clean air or the desirability of cleaning up emissions from coal-fired power plants.
• Historian offers overview of environmental issues
  The litany of woe has become familiar and seemingly overwhelming: The Earth is running out of fossil fuel and facing chaotic weather due to global warming.
• Reducing emissions of direct injection goal of VU research
  An automobile engine with 30 percent greater fuel efficiency than current models — but that also meets U.S. emission standards — is the goal of an engineering professor.
• Learn more about Vanderbilt's Climate Change Research Network (CCRN)
• Learn more about the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE)