Just one in ten further and higher education providers were “very confident” that they would meet their decarbonisation targets.
Recalling the government goal of a 78 per cent reduction in emissions by 2035 compared to 1990 levels, around two in five (42 per cent ) stating that they are not confident or unsure that they will achieve this for their own campuses.
Out of the UK’s more than four hundred universities and colleges, there are very few easy-to-find examples of carbon neutral or net zero campuses. Indeed, despite being a widely accepted concept across the education sector, there is no standardised definition for what a green campus actually is.
