Climate action and sustainability plans

UNB Sustainability engaged with the campus community to create a Climate Change Action Plan and a Campus Sustainability Plan for both of our campuses (Fredericton and Saint John). These plans are sister documents that work together to help reach our vision and goals.

UNB’s Climate Change Action Plan and Campus Sustainability Plan also support UNB's mission “to inspire and educate our people to become problem solvers and leaders in the world, undertake research that addresses societal and scientific challenges, and engage with our partners to build a more just, sustainable and inclusive world.”

Climate Change Action Plan

From 2016 to 2020, UNB Sustainability engaged with the campus community to create a UNB's Climate Change Action Plan. The plan was published in 2020 and is currently guiding UNB towards becoming a carbon neutral institution by 2050, and adapting to climate change. UNB's Climate Change Action Plan is focused on five areas on our two campuses.

Campus Sustainability Plan

While the UNB Climate Change Action Plan focuses on our goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the UNB Campus Sustainability Plan focuses on achieving a high sustainability rating, specifically a STARS Gold rating by 2030.