Priority 8 - Climate resilience

Our campuses and operations enable the University community, and the broader communities we are part of, to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

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TARGET 1: THE UNIVERSITY REACHES AND MAINTAINS A ‘HIGH’ CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS LEVEL.

INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE

  • Assessment based on the Climate Change Preparedness Framework developed by Warren-Myers et al, which scores from low to high on the following:
    • Awareness (Quality of climate change information gathered, Type of climate change information
      gathered, Application of information)
    • Analytical capacity (Source, Quality, Scope)
    • Actions (Extent, Application focus and process, Action type)
    • Preparedness score complemented by case studies

HOW FEIT IS RESPONDING

  • We will include sustainability projects in our major research programs

Priority 9: Healthy ecosystems