CO2 Task Force 2015
The Princeton University CO2 Task Force was convened by President Chris Eisgruber in 2015 to further frame Princeton’s role in meaningful climate stabilization demonstration and impact beyond the University’s current 2020 CO2 reduction target. Appointed members included noted faculty in a range of related fields as well as administrative staff. Recommendations generated by the Task Force and submitted in December 2015 are intended to inform the 2026 Campus Plan, the Sustainability Action Plan: Toward 2026 and Beyond, enhance the community’s sustainability ethos, and result in meaningful impact if applied broadly. The Task Force has advanced an approach that thoughtfully balances Princeton’s leadership imperative for early adoption and innovation with its obligation to demonstrate approaches that are repeatable by others.
Members
| Denise L. Mauzerall
Co-Chair |
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs |
| KyuJung Whang
Co-Chair |
Vice President for Facilities |
| Michael A. Celia |
Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute |
| Amy B. Craft |
Professional Specialist, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy |
| Marc Fleurbaey |
Robert E. Kuenne Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies. Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values |
| Michael Oppenheimer |
Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute. Director, Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment |
| Stephen W. Pacala |
Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Peter A. Singer |
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values |
| Fabian Wagner |
Visiting Research Scholar, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Professor in Energy and the Environment |
| David S. Wilcove |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute |
| Thomas A. Nyquist |
Executive Director, Engineering and Campus Energy |
| Shana S. Weber |
Director, Office of Sustainability |
In 2015, the University’s faculty-led CO2 Task Force recommended criteria to guide greenhouse gas reduction decisions. Since then, these criteria have been integrated with campus and infrastructure master planning, as well as operational planning.